Damage to the peripheral nervous system is surprisingly common and occurs primarily from
trauma or a complication of surgery. Although recovery of nerve function occurs in many mild …

This review presents a summary of the various types of cellular therapy used to treat spinal
cord injury. The inhibitory environment and loss of axonal connections after spinal cord …

Background: Acellular nerve allografts have been used successfully and with increasing
frequency to reconstruct nerve injuries. As their use has been expanded to treat longer gap …

In cases of complex neuromuscular defects, finding the proximal stump of a transected nerve
in order to restore innervation to damaged muscle is often impossible. In this study we …

Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in significant dysfunction and disability. A series of
treatments have been proposed to prevent and overcome the formation of the glial scar and …

Background The sural nerve is the most common nerve graft donor despite requiring a
second operative limb and causing numbness of the lateral foot. The purposes of this study …

Background: Nerve interposition grafting is an important technique in nerve reconstructive
surgery that is used when a primary repair is not feasible without significant tension. This …

Numerous and extensive functional, structural, and biochemical changes characterize intact
aged peripheral nervous system. Functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury depends …

Advanced robotic devices capable of simulating the dexterous ability of the upper limb with
an array of internal sensors have raised the enticing prospect of replacing the lost intricate …

End-to-end suture of nerves and autologous nerve grafts are the 'gold standard'for repair
and reconstruction of peripheral nerves. However, techniques such as sutureless nerve …