ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate clinical effects of g rafting of vascular sural nerve.Methods From1998to 2003,97cases of the defects o f the distal ulnar artery and nerve we re repaired by grafting of sural nerv e with anastomosis of short saphenous vein.Results All the cases were followed up for 6to24months.They were e-valuated according to the modified S eddon rating system.The total excellent and good rate was 80.41%.The ex-cellent and good rate of the emergency cases was 89.74%,while the excelle nt and good rate of second operation was74.14%.Conclusions Grafting of sural nerve with anastom osis of short saphenous vein is an effective method to repair the defects of distal ulnar artery and nerve of the forearm,because the procedure is easy,the nerve and vein are widely available,and the nerve is th ick enough to be foldable.The artery can be repaired after reverse vascul ar anastomosis so as to improve the bloo d circulation of limbs and prevent nerve necrosis.[