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MICROSURGERY
Volume 27, Issue 7, Pages 595-600Publisher
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20408
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Reconstruction of the median nerve in the forearm traditionally has required multiple interfascicular interposition autologous nerve grafts. Recovery of two-point discrimination, even in young adults, has been reported rarely. Two patients, aged 43 and 61, are reported with 5-year follow-up of median nerve reconstruction in the distal forearm in which multiple interposition bioabsorbable polyglycolic acid conduits (Neurotube (TM)) were used to bridge the 3-cm nerve defects. Four separate 2.3-mm diameter, 4.0-cm long conduits were used in each patient. Sensory re-education was used for rehabilitation. Each patient recovered two-point discrimination with good localization in the thumb, index, and middle finger by 2 years after the nerve reconstruction. Both patients recovered abductor pollicis brevis function. (C) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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