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How to do an outside-in/outside-in microsuture for nerve repair.

Praveen BhardwajBrahman Shankar SivakumarHari VenkataramaniS Raja Sabapathy
Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2023)
Peripheral nerve injuries are common and debilitating. The goals of nerve repair are to accurately approximate the fascicular tissue, whilst ensuring continuous overlying epineurium and eliminating external sprouting of neural tissue. We describe a modification of standard micro-suturing which allows superior epineural eversion and fascicular coaptation.
Keyphrases
  • peripheral nerve