Management of the sciatic nerve during trans-femoral amputation: a survey of Dutch surgeons.

CONCLUSIONS: All techniques of transecting the sciatic nerve are currently performed by Dutch surgeons. These results provide a solid basis to perform future studies to investigate whether a specific surgical technique is related to post-amputation pain syndromes. PMID: 30917649 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino) Source Type: research