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The Terminal Branch of Posterior Interosseous Nerve: A Useful Donor for Digital Nerve Grafting

N. REISSIS
A. STIRRAT
S. MANEK
M. DUNKERTON

From the Peripheral Nerve Injury and Hand Unit, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust, Stanmore, Middlesex and the Histopathology Department, The Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex

Correspondence: Nikos Reissis, Senior Registrar in Orthopaedics, Flat 3, Brockley Hill House, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP.

The anatomical relationships of the terminal branch of posterior interosseous nerve have been studied in 57 cadaver and amputation specimens. Removal of the nerve leaves the patient with no apparent sensory deficit.

In all dissections the nerve was present and its location was constant. The mean obtainable length was 3.7 cm (range 2.7–5.1 cm) and its cross-sectional area made the nerve suitable for grafting of digital nerves.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 17, No. 6, 638-640 (1992)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(92)90190-D
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