Citation

Gousheh J, Razian M. Ann. Chir. Plast. Esthet. 1991; 36(6): 527-531.

Vernacular Title

Les blessures de guerre du nerf crural. A propos d'une serie de vingt-sept cas.

Affiliation

Département de Microchirurgie et Chirurgie Reconstructrice, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Téhéran, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1726353

Abstract

The authors report a series of 27 war injuries to the femoral nerve which represent approximately 1% of all of the war injuries to peripheral nerves operated in our department since the Islamic revolution in Iran in 1978 and during the 8 years of the war between Iran and Iraq. All of the victims presented with associated lesions: abdominal (24 laparotomies, including 10 colostomies) and/or vascular (3 iliac artery by-pass grafts). We divided the cases into 3 groups. In Group 1 (18 cases), the femoral nerve had a mean defect of 8 centimetres which was grafted. In Group 2 (4 cases), the nerve was simply compressed by fibrosis and/or metallic bodies and was released. In Group 3 (5 cases), the nerve trunk had a partial loss of substance which was grafted. The motor results were very satisfactory (M3 to M5) in the 3 groups with muscular recovery in about 2 years.

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