RESUMO
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of end-to-side peripheral nerve repair. This technique offers a management of a peripheral nerve defect in the absence of a suitable proximal stump. Although numerous animal laboratory investigations demonstrate motor and sensory functional recovery without deleterious effects to the donor nerve, clinical outcomes are yet to be determined.
Assuntos
Traumatismos dos Nervos Periféricos , Animais , Axônios/patologia , Axônios/fisiologia , Humanos , Regeneração Nervosa , Nervo Fibular/patologia , Procedimentos de Cirurgia Plástica/métodos , Células de Schwann/patologia , Degeneração Walleriana/patologiaRESUMO
The pi plate (Synthes Ltd, Paoli, PA) was designed to fit the unique contour of the dorsal aspect of the distal radius. Complications of pi plate fixation of the dorsal distal radius have been previously reported to include both extensor tenosynovitis and delayed extensor tendon rupture. We report a case of rupture of the flexor pollicis longus tendon associated with inappropriate placement of the pi plate on the volar surface of the distal radius.