Experimental Study on the Pedicled and Free Skeletal Muscular Graft to Repaire the Defect of Peripheral Nerve / 中华创伤杂志

ABSTRACT

We used sheletal muscle of various lengths to repair defect of peripheral nerves in our animal experiments. Both pedicled skeletal muscular graft and free skeletal muscular graft, as nerve grafting conduits, were compared and observed under electron microscope. The finding showed that free skeletal muscular graft used as nerve grafting conduits were more helpful to the regenenation of nerve fibers, compased with pedicled skeletal musular graft, especially to nerve defect in places with abound tendon such as wrist and ankle.