Regenerative peripheral nerve interface following forequarter amputation: a case report
Jinxian Zhao, Weichun Liang, Mingshuang Wang, Haiwen Pan, Jianfeng Chen, Qingbin Li, Jianhui Lin, Guokai Feng, Zongquan Mo, Yongqiang Lao · 2026
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Jinxian Zhao and co-authors report a nerve-soothing graft done with a radical shoulder amputation, in a 2026 case report. Forequarter amputation takes the whole arm and shoulder blade, used when a tumor leaves no way to save the limb. Most such patients then suffer stump pain and phantom limb pain from nerve knots. A new method, the regenerative peripheral nerve interface, aims to head that pain off.
Their patient was a 68-year-old woman with a malignant tumor of the upper arm, later shown to be osteosarcoma. Surgeons cut the main nerve trunks and tucked their ends into small free muscle grafts from the removed limb. The grafts give loose nerve fibers a safe place to grow into. Her course was smooth, with no infection. Pain scores fell from nine to zero, and no phantom pain or nerve knot pain showed over a year of checks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jinxian Zhao, Weichun Liang, Mingshuang Wang, Haiwen Pan, Jianfeng Chen, Qingbin Li, Jianhui Lin, Guokai Feng, Zongquan Mo, Yongqiang Lao |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 14 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |