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Spontaneous reinnervation of a free muscle flap
M J Sardo1, J Upton, H R Jones
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA 01805.
Muscle & Nerve
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
A latissimus dorsi muscle flap was used to repair a severe traumatic avulsion defect of the dorsum of the foot in a 3-year-old girl. The severed peroneal nerve apparently regenerated across a large gap and spontaneously reinnervated the denervated muscle flap. This resulted in a functional flap as demonstrated clinically and electromyographically. Surgical methods of muscle reinnervation and the influence of neurotrophic factors are discussed.