MANAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES IN 318 OPERATIVE COMMON PERONEAL NERVE LESIONS AT THE LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER

Abstract

Surgical exploration and repair of peroneal nerve lesions achieved good results with timely operations and thorough intraoperative evaluations. Useful function was achieved in 27 (75%) of 36 patients with grafts less than 6 cm in length and in only 88 (44%) of 202 patients with grafts greater than 6 cm in length.