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Table 3.

Extracted details of the included clinical studies. *: Note that the number of cases was higher than the number of patients because three patients in the MVC group each underwent reconstruction of two digital nerve defects with MVCs.

Study	Nerves	Defect size	Surgical methods	Included patients	Age range	Observation period	Outcomes
Ahmad ¹⁶	Median Ulnar	< 30 mm	(1) ANG using the sural nerve (2) MVC	n = 18 (1) n = 9 (2) n = 9	1) 27.22 ± 5.35 2) 26.80 ± 5.50	not reported	Static two-point discrimination, muscle power
Manoli ¹²	Digital	10 – 60 mm	(1) ANG using the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve (2) MVC	n = 28* Cases: (1) n = 14 (2) n = 17	11 – 72 years	12 – 58 months	Semmes–Weinstein monofilaments, static + moving two-point discrimination

Study

Nerves

Defect size

Surgical methods

Included patients

Age range

Observation period

Outcomes

Ahmad ¹⁶

Median Ulnar

< 30 mm

(1) ANG using the sural nerve

(2) MVC

n = 18

(1) n = 9

(2) n = 9

1) 27.22 ± 5.35

2) 26.80 ± 5.50

not reported

Static two-point discrimination, muscle power

Manoli ¹²

Digital

10 – 60 mm

(1) ANG using the medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve

(2) MVC

n = 28*

Cases:

(1) n = 14

(2) n = 17

11 – 72 years

12 – 58 months

Semmes–Weinstein monofilaments, static + moving two-point discrimination