Table 7.

Other techniques (muscle graft, muscle-in-vein graft, and digital artery graft).

Treatment	Author	Pub. date	Nerves with follow-up	Age (mean)	Age (range)	Follow-up time (mean)	Follow-up time (range)	Timing of repair	Gap length (mean)	Gap length (range)	S0–S3 in %	S3+ in %	S4 in %	Conduit material
Other techniques	Norris	1988	7	42 y	16–61 y	0.6 y	0.25–0.9 y	—	—	1.5–2.5 cm	28	57	15	Muscle
	Pereira	1991	12	37 y	18–64 y	2.1 y	0.5–3.3 y	All	—	1.5–2.8 cm	0	17	83	Muscle
	Calder	1993	2	—	15–17 y	—	0.8 y	All	—	2–6 cm	0	50	50	Muscle
	Battiston	2005	13	36 y	20–50 y	3.1 y	1.7–5 y	All	1.1 cm	0.5–1.5 cm	24	38	38	Muscle-in-vein
	Kosutic*	2009	2	—	—	2 y	2 y	Prim.	2.6 cm	2-3 cm	0	50	50	Digital artery
	Marcoccio	2010	22	38 y	11–61 y	3.6 y	1.5–8 y	—	2.2 cm	1–3.5 cm	60	26	14	Muscle-in-vein

Listings of treatment, author, publication date (pub. date), nerves with follow-up, age (mean and range; y: year), follow-up time (mean and range), timing of repair (all: primary and secondary; prim.: primary), gap length (mean and range), sensory recovery (S0–3, S3+, and S4), and conduit material; ∗: case report.