Endoscopic Retrieval of the Sural Nerve.

Publication/Presentation Date

9-1-1995

Abstract

The rapid proliferation and applications of endoscopic-guided systems have transcended all surgical specialties. The future as regards reconstructive microneurosurgery is uncertain but inevitable, as already characterized by efforts to seek an alternative method for harvest of the sural nerve. Although still a primitive technique, endoscopic assistance in the retrieval of long, sural-nerve grafts has been found to minimize the trauma and morbidity of dissection; can simplify identification of frequently anomalous branches; and allows a reduction of the number of incisions, to improve the aesthetic result.

Volume

11

Issue

5

First Page

347

Last Page

350

ISSN

0743-684X

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Medical Specialties | Plastic Surgery | Surgery

PubMedID

8568742

Department(s)

Department of Surgery, Department of Surgery Faculty

Document Type

Article

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