Nerve Transfer for Finger Sensory Reconstruction With Dorsal Branch of the Digital Nerve

The Second Hospital of Tangshan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pain of the Reconstructed Finger; Cold Intolerance of the Reconstructed Finger; Sensory Restoration of the Reconstructed Finger Pulps

Treatments: Procedure: Nerve transfer

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01559337

CHEN-19750471

Details and patient eligibility

About

A proper digital nerve (PDN) defect causes partial or complete sensory loss of the finger pulp, which results in functional disability.The dorsal branch of the PDN can be transferred for reconstruction of such nerve defects.In this study, the investigators modified the Lesavoy et al' technique and evaluated the efficacy of dorsal sensory branch transfer for PDN defects. For comparison, the investigators collected a consecutive series of 32 patients with finger PDN defects treated using a traditional sural nerve graft from February 2005 to October 2008.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Finger PDN defects proximal to the proximal interphalangeal joint
2. Single or two PDN defects
3. PDN defects longer than 1 cm.

Exclusion criteria

1. PDN defects less than 1 cm
2. Concomitant injuries to the multiple dorsal sensory branches that preclude their use as nerve donor sites
3. Thumb PDN defects.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 1 patient group

Nerve repair

Other group

Description:

the dorsal branch of the proper digital nerve was used as a pedicle nerve for reconstructing PDN defects

Treatment:

Procedure: Nerve transfer