Nerve Transfer
Synonyms
Crossover, Nerve
Crossovers, Nerve
Nerve Crossover
Nerve Crossovers
Nerve Transfers
Neurotization
Neurotizations
Transfer, Nerve
Transfers, Nerve
Surgical reinnervation of a denervated peripheral target using a healthy donor nerve and/or its proximal stump. The direct connection is usually made to a healthy postlesional distal portion of a non-functioning nerve or implanted directly into denervated muscle or insensitive skin. Nerve sprouts will grow from the transferred nerve into the denervated elements and establish contact between them and the neurons that formerly controlled another area.
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