Table 1.
Patient data
| Patient number | Age (years) | Gender | Causative mechanism of CPN lesion | Duration from trauma to tendon transfer | Previous operations on CPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | M | Crash injuries | 6 years | Neurolysis (FA) |
| 2 | 44 | M | Knee dislocation | 9 months | * |
| 3 | 20 | M | Knee dislocation and femur fracture | 8 months | * |
| 4 | 30 | M | Traffic accident | 2 years | Neurolysis |
| 5 | 30 | F | Knee dislocation | 2 years 5 months | |
| 6 | 32 | M | Traffic accident | 7 months | * |
| 7 | 20 | M | Crush injury and exposed knee fracture | 1 year 6 months | |
| 8 | 24 | M | Traffic accident | 3 years | Nerve graft (FA) |
| 9 | 25 | F | Traffic accident | 2 years | |
| 10 | 19 | F | Traffic accident | 4 years 3 months | |
| 11 | 22 | M | Traffic accident | 2 years 8 months | Nerve graft and island flap (FA) |
| 12 | 26 | F | CPN cut lesion | 2 years 1 month | Direct nerve suture |
| 13 | 27 | M | CPN cut lesion | 4 years | Direct nerve suture |
| 14 | 34 | F | Traffic accident | 4 years | Neurolysis |
| 15 | 22 | M | Traffic accident | 5 years | |
| 16 | 28 | F | CPN cut lesion | 3 years 6 months | Direct nerve graft |
*After CPN exploration at the fibular neck, we proceeded directly to tendon transfer (see text); CPN = common peroneal nerve; M = male; F = female; FA = surgery performed by first author (AV); in the other cases, surgery was performed elsewhere; traffic accident = high-energy trauma involving the knee and/or the proximal aspect of the tibia.