Peripheral Nerve Surgery: Indications, Surgical Strategy and Results

Abstract

So far, peripheral nerve surgery is not a recognized surgical speciality or competence and is currently performed by dedicated colleagues trained either in neurosurgery, plastic and/or hand surgery, or general surgery all over the world. Like the vascular surgeon who needs sound understanding of blood flow dynamics when planning and performing a macroor microvascular anastomosis, the peripheral nerve surgeon must be aware of the increasing knowledge on nerve regeneration, a complex and multifactorial biological repair process with a defined time course and known actors, promoters and inhibitors.