Sensory Recovery Outcome after Digital Nerve Repair in Relation to Different Reconstructive Techniques: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
Table 6
Vein graft.
Treatment
Author
Pub. date
Nerves with follow-up
Age (mean)
Age (range)
Follow-up time (mean)
Follow-up time (range)
Timing of repair
Gap length (mean)
Gap length (range)
S0–S3 in %
S3+ in %
S4 in %
Conduit material
Vein graft
Walton*
1989
18
32 y
15–55 y
1.2 y
0.7–2 y
—
1.4 cm
1–3 cm
39
50
11
Vein
Chiu
1990
10
37 y
19–61 y
3.2 y
1.3–6 y
All
2.6 cm
1–3 cm
20
80
0
Vein
Tang
1995
9
26 y
17–46 y
3 y
2.5–3.5 y
—
3.1 cm
2–5.8 cm
22
78
0
Vein
Malizos
1997
23
37 y
19–61 y
2.6 y
1.6–5 y
—
1.7 cm
1.2–2.8 cm
4
74
22
Vein
Risitano
2002
22
35 y
15–70 y
1.75 y
0.5–5 y
—
1.5 cm
0.5–2 cm
50
0
50
Vein
Lee
2008
3
32 y
19–52 y
8.6 y
2.75–12 y
Sec.
1.4 cm
0.8–2.5 cm
33
67
0
Vein
Laveaux
2010
17
46 y
27–75 y
5.2 y
0.9–8.8 y
—
—
≤3 cm
35
65
0
Vein
Listings of treatment, author, publication date (pub. date), nerves with follow-up, age (mean and range; y: year), follow-up time (mean and range), timing of repair (all: primary and secondary; sec.: secondary), gap length (mean and range), sensory recovery (S0–3, S3+, and S4), and conduit material; *: m2PD and not s2PD used for classification.
