[Late surgery on injured nerves of the extremities]

The work characterizes 424 patients with injuries to the nerves of the upper and lower extremities who were operated on one year after the trauma and later. It was established that such factors as the type of injury, the length of the defect in the nerve, and the degree of "refreshment" of the nerve segments may be important in predicting the outcome of the late suture applied to the nerves of the extremities. The severity of the injury and faults in the diagnosis and treatment are the main causes of the prolonged delay in nerve repair. Some peculiarities of a late suture applied to the nerves of the extremities are pointed out.