What is it about?

This paper explains how the surgeon can prevent end organ atrophy after proximal peripheral nerve injury

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Why is it important?

As end organ atrophy comes faster than axonal regeneration from repaired proximal nerve trunks. Baby sitting techniques act as an alternative to neurotization. They are based on end-to-side nerve repair and do not claim for a donor nerve sacrifce

Perspectives

Both baby sitting techniques and very distal neurotizations share best results in end organ preservation in case of proximal nerve injuries. Further researches should follow this trend

Professor Michele R Colonna
University of Messina

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This page is a summary of: "Babysitting" procedures in proximal nerve trunk injuries: two case reports and a review, Plastic and Aesthetic Research, January 2015, OAE Publishing,
DOI: 10.4103/2347-9264.160888.
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