INTRODUCTION: Late revision nerve surgery for incomplete motor recovery due to partial reinnervation would improve muscle function if all muscle fibers were protected from developing denervation atrophy. METHODS: Sixty immature Sprague-Dawley rats underwent the following tibial nerve manipulations (n = 15/group): group A, partial denervation (two thirds of nerve resected and the remaining one third crushed), revision repair at 8 months; group B, partial denervation; group C, complete denervation, immediate reconstruction; group D, complete denervation, reconstruction at 8 months; and group E, control. Final testing at 11 months included muscle force, weight, and histology. RESULTS: Muscle weight was significantly (P < 0.05) different among all groups (highest to lowest: E > B > C > A > D), and force was significantly lower in groups A and D compared with E. Muscle fiber cross-sectional area was statistically smaller in group A than in groups B, C, or E. DISCUSSION: Partial reinnervation still allowed substantial muscle recovery, but it did not preserve the non-innervated muscle fibers. Muscle Nerve 56: 1143-1148, 2017.
INTRODUCTION: Late revision nerve surgery for incomplete motor recovery due to partial reinnervation would improve muscle function if all muscle fibers were protected from developing denervation atrophy. METHODS: Sixty immature Sprague-Dawley rats underwent the following tibial nerve manipulations (n = 15/group): group A, partial denervation (two thirds of nerve resected and the remaining one third crushed), revision repair at 8 months; group B, partial denervation; group C, complete denervation, immediate reconstruction; group D, complete denervation, reconstruction at 8 months; and group E, control. Final testing at 11 months included muscle force, weight, and histology. RESULTS:Muscle weight was significantly (P < 0.05) different among all groups (highest to lowest: E > B > C > A > D), and force was significantly lower in groups A and D compared with E. Muscle fiber cross-sectional area was statistically smaller in group A than in groups B, C, or E. DISCUSSION: Partial reinnervation still allowed substantial muscle recovery, but it did not preserve the non-innervated muscle fibers. Muscle Nerve 56: 1143-1148, 2017.
Authors: Kotaro Yoshimura; Hirotaka Asato; Sameer S Jejurikar; Paul S Cederna; Melanie G Urbanchek; William M Kuzon Journal: Plast Reconstr Surg Date: 2002-01 Impact factor: 4.730