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Novel Surgical Rodent Model for Studying Neuroma Pain Treatment Options using Targeted Muscle Reinnervation Through the Saphenous Nerve
Published on: November 14, 2025
Traumatic lesions of internal saphenous nerve and branches
Flávio Freinkel Rodrigues1, Issac Skartz, Diego Cassol Dozza
1Neurosurgery Service, Instituto de Neurologia Deolindo Couto, Medicine Faculty, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. f.freinkel@hotmail.com
Objective:
To show a rare lesion that sometimes simulates vascular disorder of the lower extremities.
Method:
Three patients were operated and the follow-up period was eight months, the surgical technique was neurotomy of the infrapatellar and descendent branches.
Results:
In two cases there were almost total pain resolution, and in other case improvement only.
Conclusion:
Surgical treatment yields good results in this type of internal saphenous nerve lesion, and could be useful as an alternative to conservative treatment.
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