• Department of Orthopaedics, Changzheng Hospital of Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200003, P. R. China;
HOUChunlin, Email: chunlin_hou@163.com
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Objective To investigate the regularity of myelin degeneration and regeneration and the difference of axonal density between tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve after sciatic nerve injury repair in rhesue monkey. Methods Nine adult rhesue monkeys (male or female, weighing 3.5-4.5 kg) were selected to establish the model of rat sciatic nerve transaction injury. The tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve of 5 mm in length were harvested at 5 mm from injury site as controls in 3 monkeys; the distal tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve were repaired with 9-0 suture immediately in the other 6 monkeys. And the gross observation and neural electrophysiological examination were performed at 3 and 8 weeks after repair respectively. Then, distal tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve at anastomotic site were harvested to observe the myelin sheath changes, and to calculate the number of axon counts and axonal density by staining with Luxol Fast Blue. Results Atrophy of the lower limb muscle and various degrees of plantar ulcer were observed. Gross observation showed nerve enlargement at anastomosis site, the peripheral connective tissue hyperplasia, and obvious adhesion. The compound muscle action potential (CMAP) of tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve could not be detected at 3 weeks; the CMAP amplitude of common peroneal nerve was less than that of the tibial nerve at 8 weeks. Different degrees of axonal degeneration was shown in the tibial nerve and common peroneal nerve, especially in the common peroneal nerve. The average axonal density of common peroneal nerve was lower than that of tibial nerve at 3 weeks (13.2% vs. 44.5%) and at 8 weeks (10.3% vs. 35.3%) after repair. Conclusion The regeneration of tibial nerve is better and faster than that of common peroneal nerve, and gastrocnemius muscle CMAP recovers quicker, and amplitude is higher, which is the reason of better recovery of tibial nerve.

Citation: ZHANGQiang, CHENHuihao, LIUGuohui, ZONGHaiyang, LINHaodong, HOUChunlin. COMPARISON OF HEALING RESULTS BETWEEN TIBIAL NERVE AND COMMON PERONEAL NERVE AFTER SCIATIC NERVE INJURY REPAIR IN RHESUS MONKEY. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2016, 30(5): 608-611. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.20160123 Copy

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