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Reconstruction of Traumatized Nerves

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The surgical repair strategy after a nerve injury consists of several stages, which will be explained in this chapter: exploration and visualization of the injury site with scar removal as well as morphological and electrophysiological evaluation, the actual restoration of nerve continuity (suture, graft interposition, nerve transfer) in a timely or late manner as well as “secondary” surgery on the target tissues (muscle, tendon and joint). The achievable functional results are also discussed.

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Bahm, J. (2021). Reconstruction of Traumatized Nerves. In: Bahm, J. (eds) Movement Disorders of the Upper Extremities in Children. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53622-0_15

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