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ReviewCurrent treatment options in neurology2018

The Assessment and Management of Peripheral Nerve Trauma.

Mark A Ferrante

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Review in Current treatment options in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Value of 2-Dimensional Shear-Wave Elastography in Assessing Tibial Nerve Stiffness in Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2026
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  3. [State-of-the-art in peripheral nerve injury diagnosis and therapy].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2026
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  9. Traumatic peripheral nerve injuries: a classification proposal.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2023
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  13. Effects of Resistance Training andAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
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  15. Current concepts in peripheral nerve surgery.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Mark A FerranteUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. mafmd1@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to discuss the therapeutic options available in the treatment of traumatic injuries involving peripheral nerves. RECENT

findingsFor nerve gap repair, synthetic nerve tubes are limited to gaps below 3 cm in length and to small-diameter nerve repairs, whereas the dependency on proliferating host Schwann cell limits the size of acellularized autografts. Thus, in most situations, nerve autografts remain superior for nerve gap correction. When conservative treatment is either not indicated or ineffective, surgical intervention may be employed. The ideal timing of surgical intervention is often unclear and determined by a number of factors, including the circumstances surrounding the injury, the timing of the symptoms, the type and severity of the injury, the completeness of the lesion, the required regenerative distance, the degree of fascicular disruption, and the degree of concomitant tissue trauma and contamination, as well as the morbidity and mortality of the procedure, and the age and comorbidities of the patient. The most common nonsurgical error is unnecessary surgical delay. To avoid losing the opportunity to achieve successful motor recovery, it is important to involve a peripheral nerve surgeon early.

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AxonotmesisCompression injuryNeurapraxiaNeurotmesisTraction injuryTransection injury

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