Table 3.

Similar Studies and Their Major Results Regarding Lower-Limb Problems After Sural Nerve Graft Harvesting

Method	Patients, n	Mean Age at Surgery, y	Follow-Up, y	Results	Study
Telephone survey	16	Unknown	About 5	Area of sensory loss was greatly improved	Ehretsman et al, 19998
Telephone survey	26	32	3	Severity of sensory loss was considerably improved	Miloro and Stoner, 20059
Interview	28	25	1	Area of sensory deficit was much improved	Martins et al, 201210
Interview	46	18.1	4	Pain and functional deficit were mild	Butler et al, 201711
Questionnaire survey	29	30	26	Area and severity of sensory loss and pain were notably improved	IJpma et al, 20066
Questionnaire survey	41	23	12	Sensory deficit was decreased in 19 of 41 patients	Hallgren et al, 20137
Questionnaire survey	13	38.2	29.5	Severity of sensory disturbance tended to improve	Current study