Abstract

BARRETO NINO, Ana María  and  NIETO RAMIREZ, Luis Eduardo. Neurotization: Key Concept in Nerve Repair. Univ. Med. [online]. 2021, vol.62, n.3, pp.87-96.  Epub June 30, 2021. ISSN 0041-9095.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.umed62-3.nccr.

Neurotization is the phenomenon by which an axonal sprout reaches the structure of an injured peripheral nerve, colonizes the organ or target tissue and produces in it, the function determined by the cell body to which this new axonal prolongation belongs. The types of neurotization depend on the tissue to be reinnervated, theoretically any tissue could be reinnervated or neurotized. This review article aims to explain the neurotization phenomenon and the different types that have had clinical application up to now, its knowledge being important to indicate its application in different surgical techniques and to achieve better results every day in patients with peripheral nerve injuries, achieving recovery from both sensory and motor injuries, injuries caused by sharp objects, crushing, burns, gunshot wounds or chronic compression syndromes.

Keywords : neurotization; nerve neurotization; direct neurotization; breast neurotization; flap neurotization; corneal neurotization.

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