Sensory Recovery Outcome after Digital Nerve Repair in Relation to Different Reconstructive Techniques: Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
Table 7
Other techniques (muscle graft, muscle-in-vein graft, and digital artery 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
Other techniques
Norris
1988
7
42 y
16–61 y
0.6 y
0.25–0.9 y
—
—
1.5–2.5 cm
28
57
15
Muscle
Pereira
1991
12
37 y
18–64 y
2.1 y
0.5–3.3 y
All
—
1.5–2.8 cm
0
17
83
Muscle
Calder
1993
2
—
15–17 y
—
0.8 y
All
—
2–6 cm
0
50
50
Muscle
Battiston
2005
13
36 y
20–50 y
3.1 y
1.7–5 y
All
1.1 cm
0.5–1.5 cm
24
38
38
Muscle-in-vein
Kosutic*
2009
2
—
—
2 y
2 y
Prim.
2.6 cm
2-3 cm
0
50
50
Digital artery
Marcoccio
2010
22
38 y
11–61 y
3.6 y
1.5–8 y
—
2.2 cm
1–3.5 cm
60
26
14
Muscle-in-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; prim.: primary), gap length (mean and range), sensory recovery (S0–3, S3+, and S4), and conduit material; *: case report.
