Extended Sural Nerve Harvest: A Technique to Gain Additional Graft Length
The extended sural nerve harvest above the popliteal crease with a step-incision approach was both anatomically feasible and clinically safe, providing additional graft length without increasing donor-site morbidity.
Authors
- Antonia Felzen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0326-9622)
- Waleed O. Gibreel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2082-6654)
- Elena Millesi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1535-5100)
- Samir Mardini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-4676)
- Huan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1403-5314)
- Lauren Gates-Tanzer
Institutions
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
- WinnMed (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- Center For Reconstructive Urethral Surgery (IT)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/prs.0000000000012270
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01