Table 1.
Sunderland class | Injury | Recovery |
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I | Neuropraxia: localized and reversible conduction blockade | Complete |
II | Axonotmesis: axonal disruption | Complete |
III | Endoneurium: axonal and endoneurial sheath disruption | Wallerian degeneration, incomplete |
IV | Perineurium: axonal, endoneurial sheath and perineurial sheath | Wallerian degeneration, incomplete |
V | Neurotmesis: axonal, endoneurial sheath, perineurial sheath, and epineurial sheath | Wallerian degeneration, incomplete |