Relocation Nerve Grafting: A Technique for Management of Symptomatic Digital Neuromas

Abstract Digital neuromas are a common problem following amputation, often severely impairing hand function. Surgical treatment of terminal digital nerve neuroma is challenging because of the lack of surrounding soft tissue in the hand. To help tackle this problem, we describe a novel technique, “relocation nerve grafting,” to relocate the nerve ends into the interosseous muscles at the midcarpal level.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of hand and microsurgery

• Publication date

  2019-01-04

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1055/S-0038-1677320PMID 31616128PMCID PMC6791802
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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