Four cables of a sural nerve graft were utilised to span the gap for reasons outlined above. Owing to the proximal nature of the injury as well as a delay in diagnosis, a distal nerve transfer was ...

We also included individuals subjected to skin flaps, in which the donor area would need a skin graft for closure ... Of these 4, 3 were treated with flaps in the left lower limb—sural flap—and 1 (25% ...

and the glucose 64 mg. per 100 ml. Photomicrograph (Transverse Section) of a Sural-Nerve Biopsy (1 per Cent Osmium Tetroxide Stain X625), Showing Multiple Axons with Myelin Loss. Figure 3 ...

Objectives: To determine the functional outcome after facial nerve reconstruction surgery in patients with flaccid facial paralysis. Methods: A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed on ...

1943). However, unless neurorrhaphy is performed within a day after injury, the stumps of a transected nerve recoil and a gap is formed, making tension-free coaptation impossible. A graft is then ...

This week we are going to discuss sural neuritis, which is a nerve irritation of the sural nerve in the lower leg that can mimic other conditions such as a 5th metatarsal fracture, an Achilles ...