Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

New Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Findings from Chiba University Described

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, March 18th, 2012

2012 MAR 18 -- "Purpose Although the end-to-side nerve repair technique has been used clinically, it has not yet produced consistent motor and sensory recovery in patients. The aim of this study was to investigate whether end-to-side double nerve grafts display more axonal regeneration compared with a single nerve graft in a rat lower limb preparation," scientists in Chiba, Japan report.

"Methods The lower limbs of 96 Wister rats were used in experiments comparing single and double end-to-side nerve grafts. Left peroneal nerves were harvested and grafted between the right peroneal and tibial nerves. A single graft was attached end-to-side to the peroneal...

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