Surgical treatment of common peroneal nerve injuries: indications and results. A series of 62 cases.

Abstract

Surgical treatment of CPN injuries can nowadays be highly rewarding. CPN palsies in open wounds should undergo surgical exploration at emergency. In close injuries with no spontaneous recovery within 4 months after the injury, patients should be advised to seek surgical treatment regardless the causative mechanism of the lesion. According to our experience, the association of a transfer procedure to nerve repair enhances neural regeneration, dramatically improving the surgical outcome of these injuries.