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Innervated skin grafts and flaps for restoration of sensation to anesthetic areas

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A technique is described of a sensory reinnervated cross-finger flap and an experimental model together with a preliminary report on the clinical application of a sensory reinnervated free graft are reported. All nerve anastomoses are done under microsurgical conditions.

This method offers a new and simple technique for the repair of areas of sensory loss and avoids the limitations of sensory re-education after the application of neurovascular island flaps. The results are supported objectively by computer sensometry, a method which can also be recommended for use in patients unable to cooperate in the usual methods of sensory testing.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, I. Chirurgische Klinik, Vienna, Austria

    A. Berger & G. Meissl

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Berger, A., Meissl, G. Innervated skin grafts and flaps for restoration of sensation to anesthetic areas. Chir Plastica 3, 33–37 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295868

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