Nerve Transfers: Indications, Techniques, and Outcomes

J Hand Surg Am · 2010 · Classic · cited 305 times

Thomas H. Tung, Susan E. Mackinnon

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONThis review updates indications, surgical techniques, and outcomes for nerve transfers used to treat proximal, brachial plexus, and distal upper extremity nerve injuries.
Abstract, as published

This article provides an update of the current strategies of motor and sensory nerve transfers for peripheral nerve lesions of the upper extremity. Indications, techniques, and outcomes are summarized for both well-established transfers used in the management of proximal and brachial plexus injuries as well as those more recently developed for more distal and isolated nerve injuries in the forearm and hand.

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