out come of primary nerve repair at the forearm

Eighteen injured peripheral nerves at the forearm level were repaired primarily either by immediate or by delayed primary repair according to the mechanism of injury, the presence of contamination and /or skin loss. Nine nerves were cut sharply and were immediately repaired of which four nerves achieved excellent results, three achieved good results and the results were poor in the remaining two nerves. In nine nerves, there were laceration, contamination and /or skin loss and they were repaired by delayed primary neuropathy after one week from the time of injury. Two nerves achieved excellent results, five nerves achieved good results and two nerves achieved poor results