Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4071693 | The Journal of Hand Surgery: British & European Volume | 2007 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
This paper reports the results of treatment by proximal relocation of 46 painful end-neuromas or scarred nerves in 33 patients from the pre-defined Zone II of the hand. The relocated nerves included four palmar cutaneous branches of the median nerve, 17 dorsal branches of the ulnar nerves and 25 digital nerves. If no pain at the original site and no pain or only mild pain at the relocation site are considered an adequate treatment of these difficult problems, these relocation procedures achieve complete control of spontaneous baseline pain, complete control of spontaneous spikes of pain, 93% control of direct pressure pain, complete control of movement pain (excluding the extremes of movement of the wrist into extension, supination and, less frequently, pronation) and 96% control of hypersensitivity of the overlying skin.
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Authors
D.D. Atherton, J.C.S. Leong, P. Anand, D. Elliot,