Nerve Transfers for Persistent Traumatic Peroneal Nerve Palsy: The Inselspital Bern Experience

Leclère, Franck-Marie; Badur, Nicole; Mathys, Lukas; Vögelin, Esther (2015). Nerve Transfers for Persistent Traumatic Peroneal Nerve Palsy: The Inselspital Bern Experience. Neurosurgery, 77(4), pp. 579-580. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10.1227/NEU.0000000000000897

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BACKGROUND

Patients in whom conventional peroneal nerve repair surgery failed to reconstitute useful foot lift need to be evaluated for their suitability to undergo a concomitant tendon transfer procedure or nerve transfers.

OBJECTIVE

To report our first clinical experience with nerve transfers for persistent traumatic peroneal nerve palsy.

METHODS

Between 2007 and 2013, 8 patients were operated on for foot drop after unsuccessful nerve surgery. Six patients without fatty degeneration of the anterior tibial muscle and proximal lesion of the peroneal nerve were oriented for tibial to peroneal nerve transfer. In the other 2 cases where the anterior and lateral compartments were destructed, the anterior tibial muscle function was reconstructed with a neurotized lateral gastrocnemius transfer. For each patient, we graded postoperative results using the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre scheme and the Ninkovic assessment scale.

RESULTS

Of the 6 patients who underwent nerve transfer of the anterior tibial muscle, 2 patients had excellent results, 1 patient had good results, 1 patient had fair results, and 2 patients had poor results. Of the 2 patients that underwent neurotized lateral gastrocnemius transfer, 1 patient achieved excellent results after tenolysis, whereas 1 patient achieved poor results. After the nerve transfer, 5 patients did not wear an ankle-foot orthosis. Four patients did not limp. Four patients were able to walk barefoot, navigate stairs, and participate in activities.

CONCLUSION

Early clinical results after tibial to peroneal nerve transfer and neurotized lateral gastrocnemius transfer appear mixed. The results of nerve transfer seem, on the whole, less reliable than the literature reports on tendon transfer.

ABBREVIATIONS

EMG, electromyographyNAP, nerve action potential.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery > Hand Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Plastic and Hand Surgery
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Handchirurgie

UniBE Contributor:

Leclère, Franck-Marie, Mathys, Lukas, Vögelin, Esther

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0148-396X

Publisher:

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Language:

English

Submitter:

Veronika Picha

Date Deposited:

27 Jul 2015 15:30

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:48

Publisher DOI:

10.1227/NEU.0000000000000897

PubMed ID:

26164725

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.70385

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70385

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