Transfer of sensory nerves in hand surgery.

The transfer of sensitive dorsal rami of the ulnar nerve (two cases) and of two sensitive dorsal rami of the radial nerve (five cases) was accomplished in order to restore the sensitivity of the first three finger tips in patients suffering from serious and longstanding inveterate lesions of the median nerve. The Authors describe the two surgical techniques in detail and, according to the satisfactory results obtained, specify the indications and advantages of this operation.