著者：Mark T. Jobe and Santos F. Martinez and William J. Weller
Peripheral nerve injuries are common. Despite numerous advances in microsurgical technique and interfascicular nerve grafting, many treatment principles obtained from World War II experiences as set forth in the cumulative works of Seddon and Woodhall are still applicable today. Current research focusing on pharmacologic agents, immune system modulation, enhancing factors, and entubulation chambers, although promising, have had little clinical application so far, and the results of nerve repair remain modest with only 50% of patients regaining useful function.
