The use of a trifurcation of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve for digital nerve grafting

A 17-year-old male was stabbed. The digital nerves to his thumb and radial aspect of the index finger were divided completely and repaired with the FPL tendon and both tendons to the index finger. At 3-months postoperatively there was no recovery of sensibility and the repair was explored. The...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chiu, Chee Kidd, Ng, E.S., Ahmad, T.S.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/3511/
https://doi.org/10.1177/1753193408101470
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:A 17-year-old male was stabbed. The digital nerves to his thumb and radial aspect of the index finger were divided completely and repaired with the FPL tendon and both tendons to the index finger. At 3-months postoperatively there was no recovery of sensibility and the repair was explored. The digital nerve repairs had ruptured at the branching of a large single cutaneous branch of the median nerve into three smaller digital nerves supplying the thumb and the radial aspect of the index finger. The neuroma was excised leaving a gap of 2 cm.