Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is one of our principle lectures that discusses strategies for managing nerve injuries with gaps. These strategies include nerve repair, grafting, allografts, conduits, acellularized allografts, and nerve transfers. An understanding of these […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. In this presentation, we discuss nerve transfers and reconstructive strategies for managing ulnar nerve injuries. The anterior interosseous to ulnar motor nerve transfer is the procedure, where we utilize end-to-end repair for complete nerve […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation details reconstructive options for median nerve injuries, specifically nerve transfers to reinnervate the pronator teres and anterior interosseous nerve. These two recipient nerves are critical for median nerve function and strategies for […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation details reconstructive options for radial nerve injuries, specifically median to radial nerve transfers. Indications and discussion surrounding the advantages and disadvantages for nerve transfers versus tendon transfers are presented, however the goals […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is an introduction to nerve transfers and details the indications for performing these procedures. Experimental studies are discussed in respect to nerve injury and recovery and the window for reinnervation. The classification […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is a comprehensive review of our strategies for restoring function to the shoulder and elbow through nerve transfers. In particular, these transfers are discussed in reference to brachial plexus injuries with an […]
The axillary nerve has several distal branches that provide shoulder function through the innervation of the anterior, middle, and posterior deltoid and teres minor, as well as sensation to the lateral arm. Injury to the axillary nerve has been traditionally viewed as either a complete non-favorable injury where recovery does not occur or a favorable […]
Injury to the axillary nerve results in the loss of shoulder function, specifically deltoid and teres minor deficits. This injury can either be isolated or more commonly associated with an upper brachial plexus injury that includes the C5,6 roots. The medial triceps is an available donor for nerve transfer into the axillary nerve and is […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation describes the premise for the supercharge end-to-side nerve transfer and its clinical utility for incomplete injuries involving the ulnar nerve. Specifically, this presentation discuss the indications for this procedures, the research involved […]
Loss of flexor pollicis longus and radial profundus function results in a deficit of pinch and reduced grip strength in the hand. This palsy can be isolated or commonly included in a lower brachial plexus injury. The brachialis nerve is an available, synergistic, and powerful donor for transfer in these scenarios, especially in C7,8,T1 injuries […]
Radial nerve palsy is a debilitating nerve injury that results in lost of wrist and finger extension, which classically presents as wrist drop. The two reconstructive options for managing this injury are tendon transfers and nerve transfers, each with their advantages and disadvantages. Nerve transfers are able to provide independent finger extension, however there is […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is a description on the median to radial nerve transfers for management of radial nerve palsies. It was presented at the 2014 ASSH Post-Course on distal nerve transfers for brachial plexus injuries. […]
Reconstructing shoulder function following a nerve injury is a challenge due to its dynamic movement originating from several muscles. The supra/infraspinatus muscles are critical for shoulder function in that they initiate abduction of the arm, external rotation, and stabilization of the shoulder joint. In upper brachial plexus injuries, it is common to find a deficit […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is part of the 2014 Comprehensive Review of Neurosurgery video lectures and the second part of the Acute Nerve Injury and Repair lecture. Specifically, this presentation discusses nerve transfers for the hand. […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is part of the 2014 Comprehensive Review of Neurosurgery video lectures and the first part of the Acute Nerve Injury and Repair lecture. Specifically, this presentation discusses reconstructive options for nerve injury, […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is part of the 2014 Comprehensive Review of Neurosurgery video lectures and the second part of the Brachial Plexus Lesion lecture. Specifically, this presentation discusses nerve transfers for the shoulder and elbow. […]
Injury to the ulnar nerve results in clawing of the hand due to lost of ulnar intrinsic hand muscles, lost of ulnar-innervated wrist/finger flexion, and numbness/pain within the ulnar nerve territory of the hand. To prevent clawing and reconstruct the ulnar intrinsic hand muscles, the anterior interosseous to ulnar motor nerve transfer is an available […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation was given for the 2012 Comprehensive Review of Neurosurgery video lectures. Specifically, this presentation discusses the topic of treatment for brachial plexus injuries, which includes presentation of common injury patterns, management algorithms […]
Disclosure: No authors have a financial interest in any of the products, devices, or drugs mentioned in this production or publication. This presentation is the first part of the topic on Acute Nerve Injury and Repair given for the 2012 Comprehensive Review of Neurosurgery video lectures. Specifically, this presentation discusses reconstructive strategies for general topics […]
The supercharge nerve transfer is a procedure that coapts the distal end of a donor nerve to the side of the recipient nerve. Nerve regeneration is facilitated from donor to recipient through a perineurial window to enhance regeneration from the proximal regenerating nerve. This procedure can be used in cases of 2nd/3rd degree nerve injuries […]
The median to radial nerve transfer is an available option for restoring radial nerve hand function following nerve injury. This nerve transfer specifically involves the transferring of two sets of nerves. That is, the flexor carpi radialis (FCR) to posterior interosseous nerve (PIN) and the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) to extensor carpi radialis brevis (ECRB) […]
The pectoral fascicle of the middle trunk is an available donor nerve to transfer to restore spinal accessory nerve function. This procedure involves identifying the brachial plexus and the accessory nerve through a supraclavicular exposure. The pectoral fascicle is identified on the anterior aspect of the middle trunk deep to the identified upper trunk. Typically, […]
The medial triceps branch to axillary nerve transfer is an available option for reconstructing patients with shoulder deficits that include an axillary nerve injury. Not presented in this tutorial, the accessory to suprascapular nerve transfer is additionally performed to stabilize the humerus during its range-of-motion in these patients. The triceps to axillary nerve transfer specifically […]
For isolated anterior interosseous nerve palsies, the nerve to the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) is an available donor to innervate the anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) for transfer. The FDS and AIN branch are found branching from the median nerve within the same upper-middle forearm region. The nerve to the FDS branches from the median nerve […]
Patients with long thoracic nerve injuries exhibit scapular winging and sever shoulder deficits that include the inability to forward flex the shoulder past 90 degrees of range of motion. Thoracodorsal to long thoracic nerve transfer utilizes a distal posterior branch of the thoracodorsal nerve to reinnervate the distal half of the long thoracic nerve. This […]
The double fascicular transfer (DFT) includes two nerve transfers: (1) median fascicle to biceps branch and (2) ulnar fascicle to brachialis branch. The median fascicle contains nerve fibers that innervate flexor digitorum superficialis / flexor carpi radialis. The ulnar fascicle contains nerve fibers that innervate flexor carpi ulnaris. The donor fascicles can be used for […]
The donor anterior interosseous nerve (AIN) is transferred to the side of the recipient ulnar motor fascicular group within the distal forearm to preserve ulnar nerve motor intrinsics. Guyon’s canal release is a required part and is completed prior to this procedure. Specific to this case, a revision ulnar nerve transposition was completed proximally. This […]