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Classification systems of peripheral nerve injury
| Recovery indication |
Recovery speed | Overall recovery |
Sunderland injury classification |
Seddon injury classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Favorable | Fast (<1 month) | Complete | I | Neurapraxia |
| Favorable | Slow (~1mm/day) | Complete | II* | Axonotmesis |
| Favorable | Slow (~1mm/day) | Partial or incomplete | III | |
| Unfavorable | None | None | IV | Neurotmesis |
| Unfavorable | None | None | V | |
| Mixed | Variable | Incomplete | VI (Mackinnon) | All |
indicates animal nerve crush injury models
