Syrian war shrapnel injury: cubital nerve defect grafting during humanitarian surgical mission. Clinical case presentation
Journal Title: Revista de Medicină Militară - Year 2016, Vol 0, Issue 2
Abstract
Background and aim of this clinical case presentation is to reveal the importance of early nerve injury diagnosis and surgical treatment in war wounded patients. Methods. The author treated patients in Amman Charity Hospital were among different plastic surgery cases where limb nerve injuries with nerve grafting indication. The presented case was treated with autologus sural nerve graft. Results were evaluated at 3 months after the surgery and revealed detectable nerve conductibility at the Electromiography test. In conclusion, in cases with delayed nerve repair surgical treatment in war wounded patients, the vascularised nerve graft can be a better solution for nerve defect surgical treatment.
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Argentina Vidrascu, Paul Polihovici
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