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Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study

Aims and Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vein conduit in nerve repair compared with isolated nerve graft. Materials and Methods. This retrospective study was conducted at author's centre and included a total of 40 patients. All the patients had nerve defec...

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Autores principales: Ahmad, Imran, Akhtar, Md. Sohaib
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/587968
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description Aims and Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vein conduit in nerve repair compared with isolated nerve graft. Materials and Methods. This retrospective study was conducted at author's centre and included a total of 40 patients. All the patients had nerve defect of more than 3 cm and underwent nerve repair using nerve graft from sural nerve. In 20 cases, vein conduit (study group) was used whereas no conduit was used in other 20 cases. Patients were followed up for 2 years at the intervals of 3 months. Results. Patients had varying degree of recovery. Sensations reached to all the digits at 1 year in study groups compared to 18 months in control group. At the end of second year, 84% patients of the study group achieved 2-point discrimination of <10 mm compared to 60% only in control group. In terms of motor recovery, 82% patients achieved satisfactory hand function in study group compared to 56% in control group (P < .05). Conclusions. It was concluded that the use of vein conduit in peripheral nerve repair is more effective method than isolated nerve graft providing good sensory and motor recovery.
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spelling pubmed-42273282014-11-17 Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study Ahmad, Imran Akhtar, Md. Sohaib Plast Surg Int Clinical Study Aims and Objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of vein conduit in nerve repair compared with isolated nerve graft. Materials and Methods. This retrospective study was conducted at author's centre and included a total of 40 patients. All the patients had nerve defect of more than 3 cm and underwent nerve repair using nerve graft from sural nerve. In 20 cases, vein conduit (study group) was used whereas no conduit was used in other 20 cases. Patients were followed up for 2 years at the intervals of 3 months. Results. Patients had varying degree of recovery. Sensations reached to all the digits at 1 year in study groups compared to 18 months in control group. At the end of second year, 84% patients of the study group achieved 2-point discrimination of <10 mm compared to 60% only in control group. In terms of motor recovery, 82% patients achieved satisfactory hand function in study group compared to 56% in control group (P < .05). Conclusions. It was concluded that the use of vein conduit in peripheral nerve repair is more effective method than isolated nerve graft providing good sensory and motor recovery. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4227328/ /pubmed/25405029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/587968 Text en Copyright © 2014 I. Ahmad and M. S. Akhtar. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title_full Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title_fullStr Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title_full_unstemmed Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title_short Use of Vein Conduit and Isolated Nerve Graft in Peripheral Nerve Repair: A Comparative Study
title_sort use of vein conduit and isolated nerve graft in peripheral nerve repair: a comparative study
topic Clinical Study
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4227328/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25405029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/587968
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