Improving Outcome Following Delayed Peripheral Nerve Grafting: The Application of Photochemical Tissue Bonding and Crosslinked Amnion Nerve Wraps
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Neil G. Fairbairn, MD¹; Joanna Glazier¹; Amanda Meppelink¹; Mark Randolph¹; Ian Valerio, MD, MS, MBA²; Mark Fleming, DO³; Robert W. Redmond, PhD⁴ ; Jonathan Winograd^1
1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD; ⁴Wellman Centre for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Improving Outcome Following Large Deficit Peripheral Nerve Injury: The Application of Photochemical Tissue Bonding and Crosslinked Amnion Nerve Wraps
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Neil G. Fairbairn, MD¹; Joanna Glazier¹; Amanda Meppelink¹; Mark Randolph¹; Ian Valerio, MD, MS, MBA²; Mark Fleming, DO³; Robert Redmond⁴ ; Jonathan Winograd^1
1Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; ²Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA; ³Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD; ⁴Wellman Centre for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

A Model for Time Dependent Delivery of 4-Aminopyridine (4-AP) to Peripheral Nerve: Construction and Testing of Sustained and Slow Release Microparticles
John C. Elfar, MD
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY

Determining the Roles of the Components of Schwann Cell Differentiation Medium
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Heath Charvet, MD¹; Hakan Orbay, MD, PhD¹; Chris K. Gold, MD²; Christopher Little, BS¹; David Sahar, MD^1
1Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA; ²Division of Plastic Surgery, Travis AFB - David Grant Medical Center, Travis, CA

N-acetyl cysteine enhances motor neuron survival in a rat model of neonatal nerve injury
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Joseph Catapano, MD; Cameron Chiang; David Scholl, PhD; Tessa Gordon, PhD; Gregory H. Borschel, MD
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Recovery of Peripheral Nerve with Massive Loss Defect by Tissue Engineered Guiding Regenerative Gel
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Shimon Rochkind, MD¹; Zvi Nevo, PhD^2
1Division of Peripheral Nerve Reconstruction, Departments of Neurosurgery, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; ²Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Perineural tumor spread in pelvic malignancies
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Stepan Capek, MD; Benjamin M. Howe, MD; Kimberly K. Amrami, MD; Robert J. Spinner, MD
Neurosurgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Neurotropic Melanoma. A Case Report of a Neurotropic Melanoma in the Hand with Proximal Extension Throughout the Median and Radial Nerve
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Eduardo Pablo Zancolli, MD¹; Eric Reggiani²; Yorell Manon Matos, MD¹; Jao Lee²; Eric Christophersen²; Sebastian Lazzari, MD^2
1Hand Surgery, Kleinert Kutz, Louisville, KY; ²Hand Surgery, Navy Hospital Pedro Mallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Histological Comparison of Tibial and Peroneal Nerves Following Stretch Injury
Nicholas Schraut, MD¹; Sharon Walton, MD¹; Jad Bou Monsef, MD¹; Susan Shott, PhD²; Anthony Serici, BS²; Lioubov Soulii, MD¹; Farid Amirouche, PhD¹; Mark Gonzalez, MD¹; James Kerns, PhD^1
1Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL; ²Rush University, Chicago, IL

Traumatic Birth As a Potential Cause of Early Onset Migraine Headaches
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Saja Scherer, MD; Wassim Raffoul, MD; Giorgio Pietramaggiori, MD, PhD
Plastic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland

Compression Neuropathy of the Common Peroneal Nerve Due to an Intramuscular Ganglion Cyst
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Katelin K. O'Brien, BS; Michael L. Singer, BS; Jessica Korsh, MS; Kristin Aliano, MD; Thomas A. Davenport, MD; Laurence Glickman, MD
Research, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, PC, Garden City, NY

Intercostal nerve transfer to suprascapular nerve after brachial plexus roots avulsion
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Shaonan Hu, PhD
Department of Hand Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fu Dan University, Shanghai, China

Double team approach to brachial plexus surgery
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Francesco Gargano, MD¹; Julia Katarincz, MD²; Silvio Podda, MD³; Scott Schmidt, MD^1
1Plastic Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI; ²Orthopedic Surgery, Brown University, Providence, RI; ³PLastic surgery, St Joseph Hospital, Paterson, NJ

Updates in Targeted Sensory Reinnervation for Upper Limb Amputation
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Kate Elzinga, MD¹; Jacqueline Hebert, MD, FRCPC²; K. Ming Chan, MD, FRCPC²; Jaret Olson, MD, FRCSC¹; Michael Morhart, MD, FRCSC^1
1Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada; ²Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Targeted Muscle Reinnervation after Transhumeral Amputation during Initial Hospitalization
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Megan M. Henderson, MD; Michael W. Neumeister, MD, FRCSC, FACS; Reuben A. Bueno Jr, MD
Institute for Plastic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL

Painful neuroma after cosmetic surgery: diagnosis and treatment
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Giorgio Pietramaggiori, MD, PhD; Wassim Raffoul, MD ; Saja Scherer, MD
Plastic Surgery Department, University Hospital of Lausanne, Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland

Preoperative and Postoperative Clinical Comparison in Patients with Brachial Plexus Injury with or without Nerve Recording
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Federico García García, Resident; Alexander Cárdenas Mejía, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital General Dr. "Manuel Gea González", Mexico City, Mexico

Novel Axillary Approach for Brachial Plexus in Robotic Surgery: A Cadaveric Experiment
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Cihangir Tetik, MD
Hand Surgery, Acbadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Intrafascicular Recordings of the Vagus Nerve
Mark A. Mahan, MD
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

Novel Method of Repetitive Nerve Stimulation in Trapezius Muscle : Middle trapezius method
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Miho Kanda, MT¹; Hitoshi Mori, MD^2
1Clinical Laboratory, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki,Okayama, Japan; ²Neurology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki,Okayama, Japan

Heterotopic ossification of a peripheral nerve following blast injury: A report of two cases
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Patrick E. Jones, MD¹; Kevin o'Malley, MD²; Youngmi Ji, PhD³; Leon J. Nesti, MD, PhD^1
1Orthopaedic Surgery, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD; ²Orthopaedic Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC; ³Nesti Orthopaedic Research Group, National Institutes of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin diseases, Bethesda, MD

Carpal Tunnel Decompression on the Internet - Do You Know What Your Patients are Reading?
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Satish Babu BSc, MBBS, MRCS⁴; Piyush Mahapatra, MA, MBBS, MRCS¹; Edmund Ieong, BSc, MBBS, MRCS²; David Ahearne, MBChB, MSc, FRCS^3
1Trauma & Orthopaedics, Kingston Hospital, Kingson, United Kingdom; ²Trauma & Orthopaedics, St Mary's Hospital, London, United Kingdom ; ³Trauma & Orthopaedics, Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; ⁴St George's University Hospital, London, UK

In vitro Model Evaluating Novel Nerve Allograft Seeding Techniques
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Matthew J. Thompson, MD; Jonathan Isaacs, MD; William Daner, MD; Satya Mallu, MD
Division of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Lymphocyte Subset in Blood is the Helpful Tool for Diagnosis of Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy
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Hitoshi Mori, MD
Neurology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki,Okayama, Japan