Surgical anatomy of the sural nerve for peripheral nerve reconstruction research in swine

Authors

  • R Sasaki Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Global Center of Excellence (COE) program, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, and Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
  • H Matsumine Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, and Department of Plastic Surgery, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo
  • Y Watanabe Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, and Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo
  • M Yamato Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
  • T Okano Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo
  • T Ando Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Global Center of Excellence (COE) program, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine, Tokyo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v42i1.353

Abstract

The use of peripheral nerves as donor nerves for peripheral nerve regeneration studies, which can provide a long peripheral nerve with intact physiological functions, for autologous nerve grafts was unknown in swine. This study investigated the surgical anatomy of sural nerves (nervus suralis) of cadavers and anesthetized miniature pigs. A loose-S shape incision line was made from the border of the biceps femoris muscle (musculus biceps femoris) to 2 cm above the calx in the leg of anesthetized miniature pigs. The sural nerve was found to branch from the sciatic nerve (nervus ischiadicus) under the biceps femoris muscle and run along the small saphenous vein (vena saphena parva). After being isolated and stimulated using a nerve stimulator, the sural nerve innervated no muscles and tissues in the leg. The sural nerve (14.5

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Published

03.03.2016

How to Cite

Sasaki, R., Matsumine, H., Watanabe, Y., Yamato, M., Okano, T., & Ando, T. (2016). Surgical anatomy of the sural nerve for peripheral nerve reconstruction research in swine. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science, 42, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.23675/sjlas.v42i1.353

Issue

Vol. 42 (2016)

Section

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