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Reconstruction of Proper Digital Nerve Defects in the Thumb Using a Pedicled Nerve Graft

NCT01528397 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2012-02-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A proper digital nerve (PDN) defect in the thumb can produce partial or complete sensory loss which can result in functional disability. This article reports the treatment of the thumb PDN defect using a pedicled nerve graft harvested from the dorsal branch of the PDN. Fourteen patients with the thumb PDN defect underwent a new surgical procedure in which the pedicled nerve graft was used to bridge nerve defect. For comparison, the investigators also collected a consecutive series of 21 patients with thumb PDN defects treated using a nonvascularized sural nerve graft. This study was designed to evaluate the efficacy of pedicled nerve grafting for PDN defects in the thumb.

Conditions

  • Nerve Injury

Interventions

PROCEDURE

pedicled nerve graft

A pedicled nerve graft harvested from the dorsal branch of the PDN can be used for reconstruction of such defects. The graft is based on the second dorsal metacarpal artery.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese PLA General Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Second Hospital of Tangshan

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-09-30
Completion
2010-05-31

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