Nerve Interface Strategies for Neuroma Management and Prevention: A Conceptual Approach Guided by Institutional Experience.

Hand Clin · Aug 2021 · Review

Hoyt BW, Potter BK, Souza JM

USU-Walter Reed Department of Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Uniformed Services University

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONProposes a nerve interface-based reconstructive strategy combining techniques to prevent and manage symptomatic neuromas while improving pain control and prosthetic potential.
Abstract, as published

In this article, the authors propose a strategy to manage and prevent symptomatic neuromas using a combination of nerve interface approaches. By using a reconstructive paradigm, these procedures provide the components integral to organized nerve regeneration, conferring both improvements in pain and potential for myoelectric control of prostheses in the future. Given the lack of evidence at this point indicating the advantage of any single nerve interface procedure, the authors propose a management approach that maximizes physiologic restoration while limiting morbidity where possible.

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