REPAIR OF NERVE INJURIES IN THE HAND

Abstract

Loss of sensation in a finger due to industrial injury is of rather high incidence as a cause of disability. In many cases “finger blindness” can be prevented by nerve repair immediately after injury. Over a period of three years at a clinic for treatment of industrial injuries, primary nerve repair resulted in 95 per cent of cases in usefully functioning digits.

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