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Specificity of Muscle Reinnervation following Repair of the Transected Sciatic Nerve

A comparative study of different repair techniques in the rat

Q. ZHAO
L. B. DAHLIN
M. KANJE
G. LUNDBORG

From the Department of Hand Surgery, General Hospital, Malmö and the Department of Animal Physiology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Correspondence: Lars B. Dahlin, M.D., Department of Hand Surgery, Lund University, Malmö General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmö, Sweden.

Specificity of muscle reinnervation and the recovery of muscle contractility were studied after repair of the transected rat sciatic nerve. Six different techniques were compared: epineurial suture, perineural suture, whole nerve graft, interfascicular grafts, skeletal muscle bridge and tubulization. Muscle tetanic force and specificity of reinnervation were evaluated 12 weeks after nerve repair. Recovery of tetanic force was superior after repair with epineurial sutures. There was no statistical significance between the other methods in respect of tetanic force. The specificity of muscle reinnervation was best after tubulization, repair with interfascicular grafts and perineurial suture.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 17, No. 3, 257-261 (1992)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(92)90110-N
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