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Can a Divided Digital Nerve on One Side of the Finger be Left Unrepaired?

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Correspondence: Professor S. P. Chow, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

72 fingers with divided digital nerves on one side alone had their nerves repaired and the sensory recovery assessed at different intervals of up to 2 years. Another 36 fingers with similar digital nerve injuries had their divided nerves left unrepaired and sensory recovery similarly assessed for comparison. In the "repaired" group, the result continued to improve and by 2 years, 90% reached S3⁺ or above. In the "unrepaired" group, improvement plateaued after 6 months, and at 2 years only 6% reached S3⁺ or above, although all had regained some protective sensibility.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 18, No. 5, 629-630 (1993)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(93)90020-G


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