Treatment of peroneal nerve injuries with simultaneous tendon transfer and nerve exploration

Table 3 Patient data and interventions

	Injury	Time to surgery (months)	EMG	Nerve intervention	Tendon transfer	Maximum activity
1	Knee dislocation	12.7	+^a	Neurolysis	PTT, FDLT	Walk
2	Knee dislocation	6.2	−	Neurolysis	PTT, FDLT, GSR	Run
3	Knee dislocation	9.1	−	Neuroplasty	PTT, FDLT	Walk
4	Knee dislocation	27.8	−	None	PTT, TAL	Walk
5	Posterior wall acetabulum fracture	25.5	−	None	PTT, FDLT, GSR	Walk
6	Iatrogenic, tumor resection	49.4	−	Sural nerve graft 6-cm defect^b	PTT, GSR	Run
7	Nerve laceration	13.7	+	Neurolysis	PTT, FDLT	Run
8	Knee dislocation	13.6	+	None	PTT, TAL	Walk
9	Laceration	7.7	−	Sural nerve graft 4.5-cm defect	PTT, FDLT	Run
10	Iatrogenic, tumor resection	31	−	None	PTT, TAL	Run
11	Iatrogenic, tibial plateau ORIF	27.9	−	None	PTT, TAL	Walk (AFO)
12	Knee dislocation	9.5	−	Neurolysis	PTT, TAL, FDLT	Walk

PTT posterior tibial transfer, FDLT flexor digitorum longus transfer, GSR gastrocnemius recession, TAL tendo-Achilles lengthening, ORIF open reduction internal fixation, AFO ankle foot orthosis. ^a + EMG refers to positive but abnormal function; ^bnerve graft 2 years prior to tendon transfer.

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