Reconstruction of traumatic tibial nerve defect with two parallel conduit strands: a case report

Hiroyuki Shirakura; Atsuhiko Iwao; Noriko Ikari; Rina Iida; Keita Kobashi; Shoko Ashizuka; Akihito Higashi; Yuki Moriuchi; Hiroto Saijo; Kazuya Kashiyama; Katsumi Tanaka

doi:10.1080/23320885.2024.2407340

Reconstruction of traumatic tibial nerve defect with two parallel conduit strands: a case report

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2024 Sep 30;11(1):2407340. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2024.2407340. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

Abstract

We herein report a case of traumatic tibial nerve defect involving the ankle joint. A 16-mm-long defect was observed in a 5-mm-diameter tibial nerve. Two 3-mm-inner-diameter PGA-collagen tubes were transferred to the bifurcated tibial nerve. Satisfactory recovery was achieved at 3 year and 9 months postoperatively.

Keywords: PGA-collagen tube; Tibial nerve defect; two parallel conduit strands.

Publication types

Case Reports