American Society for Peripheral Nerve

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EP1.
Fully Implantable Wireless Device for Continual and Dynamic Neural Pressure Monitoring: An Animal Model of Compression Neuropathy
Ronit Malka, SB; Christopher J. Knox, BSc; Pavel Gorelik, MEng; Ofer Mazor, PhD; Tessa A. Hadlock, MD; Nate Jowett, MD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
EP2.
Restoration of Long Nerve Defects using Laminin Rich Epineural Sheath Conduit in a Sheep Model
Maria Siemionow, MD PhD DSc1,2; Joanna Cwykiel, MSc1,2; Halil Safak Uygur, MD2; Adam Bobkiewicz, MD2; Maria Madajka, PhD1; Grzegorz Kwiecien, MD1; Can Ozturk, MD1; Miroslaw Lukaszuk, MD1; Jacek Szopinski, MD, PhD2
1University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
EP3.
Clarification of Eponymous Anatomical Terminology Named After Dr. Geoffrey V. Osborne for Structures Compression the Ulnar Nerve at the Elbow
Arvin Raj Wali, BA1; Brandon Gabel, MD1; Shane Tubbs, PhD2; Justin Brown, MD1
1University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA
EP4.
Characterization of Wnt Directed Axon Guidance in Human and Rat Peripheral Nerve Injury
Fred De Winter, PhD1; Arie C Van Vliet, Msc1; Martijn R Tannemaat, PhD, MD2; Martijn Malessy, MD, PhD3; Joost Verhaagen, PhD1
1Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 3Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
EP5.
The Impact of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and FK506 in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. A Pilot Study in a Rat Model
Panayiotis D Megaloikonomos, MD1; Georgios N Panagopoulos, MD1; Andreas F Mavrogenis, MD1; Myrto Bami, MD2; Mandy Mylonaki, MD2; Georgios D Agrogiannis, MD1; Evanthia A Mitsiokapa, MD2; Elizabeth O Johnson, MD1; Panayiotis J Papagelopoulos, MD1; Panayotis N Soukakos, MD2
1Athens University Medical School, Athens, Greece, 2Orhopaedic Rescearch and Education Center OREC, Athens, Greece
EP6.
Improving Nerve Recovery After Repair or Decompression Through Brief Intraoperative Nerve Stimulation
Jovito Angeles, MD; Jimmy Jiang, MD; Jonathan Twu, MD
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
EP7.
Sural Nerve Cable Grafting Allows Regeneration in a 30-mm Complex Branching Facial Nerve Defect in a Large Animal Model
Mario A Aycart, M.D; Muayyad Alhefzi, M.D; Ericka M Bueno, PhD; Bohdan Pomahac, M.D
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
EP8.
Neurophysiology and Nerve Transfers
Ross Mandeville, M.D., UCSD; Justin M. Brown, MD; Geoffrey L Sheean, MD, MBBS, UCSD
Department of Neurosurgery, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
EP9.
Free Functional Muscle Transfer for Masseter Replacement in Patients with Hemifacial Microsomia
Alexander Cardenas-Mejia, MD; Erika De La Concha, MD; Lucas Lesta-Compagnucci, MD; Crisol Contreras-Molinar, DDS
Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico City, Mexico
EP10.
Nerve Graft Prefabrication by Use of Adipose Tissue Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Induced Lateral Axonal Sprouting into the Allogeneic Epineural Sheath Conduit
Huseyin Karagoz, MD, PhD; Ceyhun Cesur, MD; Sinan Ozturk, MD; Erdinc Cakir, MD; Mustafa Tansel Kendirli, MD; Zafer Kucukodaci, MD; Omer Ozcan, MD; Osman Metin Ipcioglu, MD
Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
EP11.
The Spiral Structure of Peripheral Nerve and its Clinical Relevance
Antonio Merolli, MD, FBSE1; Marco De Spirito, PhD2; Joachim Kohn, PhD FBSE1
1Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, 2Università Cattolica, Rome, Italy
EP12.
Nerve Wraps In Obstetrical Brachial Plexus Palsy (OBPP): Is there a difference in outcome?
Jessica A Lee, MD1; Meg Stanger, PT2; Megan Natali, PA2; Stephanie Greene, MD2; Lorelei J Grunwaldt, MD2
1University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA
EP13.
Stollery External Rotation Abduction Thermoplastic Shoulder Orthosis
Tania C Buchanan, BScOT, MHS1; Jaret L. Olson, MD2; Kathleen O'Grady, BScOT3
1Stollery Children's Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 2Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, 3Occupational Therapy, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, AB, Canada
EP14.
A Rare Case of Abundant Nerve Autograft: Using An Amputated Limb to Reconstruct Large Nerve Gap
Matthew WT Curran, MD; Michael Morhart, MD, M.Sc; Jaret L. Olson, MD; K. Ming Chan, MD
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
EP15.
WITHDRAWN
EP16.
A Mathematical Theory of Communication Applied to Peripheral Nerve Lesion and its Recovery.
Antonio Merolli, MD, FBSE
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ
EP17.
One-Stage Facial Reanimation with Bilateral Free Gracilis Muscle Transfer in Patients with Möbius Syndrome
Erika De La Concha, MD; Alexandro Aguilera-Salgado, MD; Alexander Cardenas-Mejia, MD
Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico City, Mexico
EP18.
Digital Artery Perforator Adiposal Flaps for Protective Coverage of Injured and Scarred Digital Nerves
Masato Hukuyama, MD1; Kiyohito Takamatsu, MD, PhD1; Akira Kawabata, MD1; Yasunari Awa, MD1; Takuya Yokoi, MD2; Kosuke Shintani, MD2; Ema Onode, MD2; Takuya Uemura, MD, PhD2; Mitsuhiro Okada, MD, PhD2;
1Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan, 2Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
EP19.
Comparison of Neurosensory Assessment Methods in Plastic Surgery
Huseyin Karagoz, MD, PhD1; Sinan Ozturk, MD1; Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, DSc2
1Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, 2Department of Orthopaedics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
EP20.
Engineered Nerve-Regeneration in Disruptive Brachial Plexus Lesions: A Novel Surgical Approach
Antonio Merolli, MD, FBSE1; Maria Lucia Manunta, VMD2; Claudio Proietti, MSc3; Eraldo Sanna Passino, VMD2
1Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ, 2Universita' di Sassari, Sassari, Italy, 3Universita' Cattolica, Rome, Italy
EP21.
A Novel Surgical Approach for Decompression of the Scalene Triangle in Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Kyle R Eberlin, MD1; Robert R Hagan, MD2
1Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2Neuropax Clinic, St. Louis, MO
EP22.
EP23.
A 5-year Follow-up of the Lower Extremity Nerve Entrapment Study: Surgical Decompression in Patients with Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
Jasper L. de Kleijn, Bsc1; Willem D. Rinkel, MD2; J. Henk Coert, MD, PhD1; Joanne M.F Macaré van Maurik, MD, PhD3
1University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2Erasmus Medical University Center / St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 3Rivierenland Hospital, Tiel, Netherlands
EP24.
Optimizing Exposure for the Occipital Nerve in Migraine Surgery while Maintaining Hair Length
Kevin Jubbal, BS; Anthony Echo, MD
Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
EP25.
Superficial Peroneal Nerve Injured During Fasciotomy: A Successful Repair with Cadaveric Nerve Allograft
Joseph Ogrodnik, MD; Michael T. Friel, MD, FAAP
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
EP26.
Axonal Repair as a New Paradigm for Nerve Coaptation
Peter W Henderson, MD, MBA
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
EP27.
Ipluto - International Plexus Outcome Study Group: First Results
Willem Pondaag, MD, PhD; Martijn Malessy, MD, PhD
Department of Neurosurgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
EP28.
Direct Ulnar Nerve Repair Versus Ain to Ulnar Nerve Supercharge in High Ulnar Nerve Injuries
Gilberto Gonzalez, MD; Miguel Pirela-Cruz, MD; Emmanuel Eisenstein, MD; Nicholas Kusnezov, MD
Texas Tech University Health Science Center, El Paso, TX
EP29.
Early Versus Late Brachial Plexus Reconstruction in Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy
Mohamed Mostafa Kotb, MD
Orth, Hand and Recosntructive Microsurgery Unit, Orthopedic Deprtment, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
EP30.
Patient-Reported Outcomes After Migraine Surgery: A Novel Qualitative Approach
Jacqueline S. Israel MD, Corinne R. Esquibel PhD, Aaron M. Dingle PhD, Yuming Liu PhD, Adib Keikhosravi, Madison A. Hesse, Sarah K. Brodnick BS, Jane A. Pisaniello BS, Joseph R. Novello MS, Lisa Krugner-Higby DVM, PhD, Justin C. Williams PhD, Kevin W. Eliceiri PhD, Samuel O. Poore MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin -Madison, Madison, WI
EP31.
Repair and Regeneration after Peripheral Neurorrhaphy: A Blinded, Systematic Evaluation of Techniques in an Animal Model
Jacqueline S. Israel, MD; Aaron M. Dingle, PhD; Joseph R. Novello, MS; Justin C. Williams, PhD; Samuel O. Poore, MD, PhD
University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
EP32.
Trans-Brachioradialis Approach To The Radial Tunnel, An Anatomic Study Of 5 Potential Compression Sites
Jason Ummel, D.O; Zachary Lum, D.O; Marc Trzeciak, D.O.
Valley Orthopedic Surgery Residency, Modesto, CA
EP33.
Nerve Transfers For BPAI—Huashan(China)Experience
Jg Xu, MD, PHD; Z Dong, MD; SN Hu, MD, PhD; L Xu, MD, PHD; T Wang, MD, PHD; WD Xu, MD, PhD; J Lao, MD, PHD; L Chen, MD, PhD; Xm Chen, MD; DS Chen, MD; GM Zhang, MD; Jg Yan, MD; Yd Gu, MD
Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
EP34.
Paralyzing The Face To Make It More Normal
Mark D. DeLacure, MD
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, New York University, New York, NY
EP36.
Lung Function of A New Nerve Repair Modal in Rat: Using Phrenic Nerve Ad Intercostal Nerve as Donor by Side-to-Side Neurorrhaphy
Jing Rui, M.D., Ph.D
Department of Hand Surgery, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China