Wrap-around neurorrhaphy: an improved method of repair for disparate nerve stumps
Nishijima, N.; Kakinoki, R.; Sugimoto, M.; Fujio, K.; Nakamura, T.
Nihon Geka Hokan. Archiv für Japanische Chirurgie 64(2): 74-82
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9152 PMID: 8678726 Document Number: 444561
We report a new method of nerve Reconstruction, wrap-around neurorrhaphy, in which the funicular suture site is wrapped with the epineurium of the larger stump. The specific applications of this procedure in brachial plexus reconstruction are described and the clinical results presented. The method was applied in intercostal nerve transfer to the musculocutaneous nerve in 21 patients and in 12 patients with axillary nerve injury who underwent reconstruction with autografts using wrap-around neurorrhaphy. Rigid fixation of the neurorrhaphy site could be obtained using this method, and the clinical results were satisfactory.