Muscle-in-vein Conduits for Digital Nerve Reconstruction

BG Trauma Center Tuebingen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sensory Recovery

Treatments: Procedure: Nerve reconstruction

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01958632

117/2012BO2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The actual study should provide a first direct comparison between results after reconstruction of sensory nerves of the hand using muscle-in-vein conduits to the standard methods of nerve transplantation and direct nerve suture.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

complete digital nerve injuries, nerve reconstruction in the first 6 months post trauma

Exclusion criteria

total or subtotal amputations

Trial design

77 participants in 3 patient groups

N

Description:

nerve suture

Treatment:

Procedure: Nerve reconstruction

NT

Description:

nerve transplantation

Treatment:

Procedure: Nerve reconstruction

VM

Description:

vein-in-muscle conduit

Treatment:

Procedure: Nerve reconstruction