SENSORY RECOVERY AFTER MICROSURGICAL REPAIR OF DIGITAL NERVES

The authors study 65 cases of repair of digital nerve lesions performe d in 60 patients. They evaluate the quality of sensory recovery by cli nical (Dellon and Weber Tests) and electrophysiological tests (velocit y, amplitude and duration of the Compound Sensory Action Potential). T he results show a complete recovery in 26%, a recovery of discriminati on sensitivity in 73.8% and a recovery of protective sensation in 96.9 % of the cases.Age and severity of the associated trauma are the most important factors influencing the quality of the sensory recovery.