Distal nerve transfers for ulnar nerve reinnervation and hand function restoration
Andrija Savić, Jovan Grujić, Aleksandar Djurdjević, Svetozar Stanković, Aleksa Mićić, Aleksandra Stojiljković, Branko Gaković, Milan Lepić, Nenad Novaković, Lukas Rasulić · 2026
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Description
Andrija Savić and nine co-authors report, in 2026 work, a nerve swap surgery that restores hand grip after a deep arm nerve is cut high up. Such cuts kill the small hand muscles, and grip and pinch fade. Classic grafts must grow a long way back, so results are often poor. The swap borrows a nearby nerve branch close to the hand, which cuts the regrowth path short.
Twelve patients had the swap and were checked two years on. Hand muscle strength rose from none to good or fair in most muscles tested. Grip and pinch strength both climbed to about four fifths of the sound hand. Life quality scores rose a lot too. The team calls the swap a sound fix for such cuts.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Andrija Savić, Jovan Grujić, Aleksandar Djurdjević, Svetozar Stanković, Aleksa Mićić, Aleksandra Stojiljković, Branko Gaković, Milan Lepić, Nenad Novaković, Lukas Rasulić |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |