Peripheral nerve repair throughout the body with processed nerve allografts: Results from a large multicenter study

B Safa, S Jain, MJ Desai, JA Greenberg… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Peripheral nerve damage resulting in pain, loss of sensation, or motor function
may necessitate a reconstruction with a bridging material. The RANGER® Registry was …

Functional outcome following nerve repair in the upper extremity using processed nerve allograft

MS Cho, BD Rinker, RV Weber, JD Chao… - The Journal of hand …, 2012 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Reconstruction of peripheral nerve discontinuities with processed nerve allograft
has become increasingly relevant. The RANGER Study registry was initiated in 2007 to …

Recovery of motor function after mixed and motor nerve repair with processed nerve allograft

B Safa, JT Shores, JV Ingari, RV Weber… - … Surgery–Global Open, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Severe trauma often results in the transection of major peripheral nerves. The
RANGER Registry is an ongoing observational study on the use and outcomes of processed …

Processed nerve allografts for peripheral nerve reconstruction: a multicenter study of utilization and outcomes in sensory, mixed, and motor nerve reconstructions

DN Brooks, RV Weber, JD Chao, BD Rinker… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: As alternatives to autograft become more conventional, clinical outcomes data on
their effectiveness in restoring meaningful function is essential. In this study we report on the …

Autograft substitutes: conduits and processed nerve allografts

B Safa, G Buncke - Hand clinics, 2016 - hand.theclinics.com
Why do clinicians care about substitutes for nerve autograft? Berger and Millesi 1
popularized grafting techniques by demonstrating their superiority to a tensioned direct …

Use of processed nerve allografts to repair nerve injuries greater than 25 mm in the hand

B Rinker, J Zoldos, RV Weber, J Ko… - Annals of plastic …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Processed nerve allografts (PNAs) have been demonstrated to have improved clinical
results compared with hollow conduits for reconstruction of digital nerve gaps less than 25 …

The role of nerve graft substitutes in motor and mixed motor/sensory peripheral nerve injuries

N Rbia, AY Shin - The Journal of hand surgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Alternatives to nerve autograft have been invented and approved for clinical use. The
reported outcomes of these alternatives in mixed motor nerve repair in humans are scarce …

[HTML][HTML] Nerve grafting for peripheral nerve injuries with extended defect sizes

T Kornfeld, PM Vogt, C Radtke - … Medizinische Wochenschrift (1946 …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Artificial and non-artificial nerve grafts are the gold standard in peripheral nerve
reconstruction in cases with extensive loss of nerve tissue, particularly where a direct end-to …

Outcomes of short-gap sensory nerve injuries reconstructed with processed nerve allografts from a multicenter registry study

BD Rinker, JV Ingari, JA Greenberg… - Journal of …, 2015 - thieme-connect.com
Background Short-gap digital nerve injuries are a common surgical problem, but the optimal
treatment modality is unknown. A multicenter database was queried and analyzed to …

Innovative treatment of peripheral nerve injuries: combined reconstructive concepts

I Ducic, R Fu, ML Iorio - Annals of Plastic Surgery, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Although autografts are the gold standard for failed primary nerve repairs, they
result in donor-site morbidity. Nerve conduits and decellularized allografts are a novel …