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Abstract
Twelve patients were reviewed following the reconstruction of mixed motor/sensory nerves using freeze-thawed skeletal muscle autografts. A total of 13 nerves were reconstructed—6 median and 7 ulnar. All the repairs were secondary procedures, with a mean time from injury to grafting of 17 months. Sensory and motor evaluation was carried out and the patients asked to complete a pain questionnaire. Five patients achieved an S3 + level of sensory recovery. Two underwent revision of their muscle grafts to nerve grafts. Motor recovery was universally poor.
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Publication history
Accepted:
June 16,
1993
Received:
January 13,
1993
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© 1993 The British Association of Plastic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc.