Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Harvest

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Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Harvest

By Washington University School of Medicine - Peripheral Nerve Surgery FEATURING Andrew Yee

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May 10, 2011

Medial Antebrachial Cutaneous Nerve Harvest - Standard Version. The medial antebrachial cutaneous (MABC) nerve is ...
read more ↘ a viable donor for nerve grafts and our institution's preferred donor nerve graft for upper extremity nerve reconstructions. The MABC nerve is harvested from the medial aspect of the arm and is found branching distally into an anterior and posterior branch. The anterior and/or posterior branch can be harvested depending on the length and diameter required for nerve reconstruction. After harvesting the MABC nerve, the distal end of the MABC nerve is end-to-side transferred to an adjacent functional sensory nerve through an epineural window. in this case, the anterior branch of the MABC nerve is harvested for graft material and the anterior branch is end-to-side transferred to the posterior branch of the MABC nerve. For more information and extended version of videos, please visit our site: nervesurgery.wustl.edu
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