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. 2020 Feb 28;15(9):1573–1579. doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.276327

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Vascularized ulnar nerve graft (VUNG) harvest.

Depicted is the harvest of the ulnar nerve (small arrow), based on the superior ulnar collateral artery (SUCA, denoted with large arrow, (A) in a patient with a C8–T1 brachial plexus root avulsion. (B) Denoted a close-up view of the SUCA joining the ulnar nerve (ulnar nerve denoted with small arrow, SUCA denoted with large arrow). The completion of the harvest of the entire length of the ulnar nerve based on the SUCA measured approximately 30 cm (C, SUCA denoted with arrow). The VUNG was used to graft the C6 root to the lateral cord. In D the vascular anastomosis of the SUCA to the thoracoacromial trunk was depicted.