Mackinnon's 1989 review surveys the state of peripheral nerve surgery: what is established (eight operative axioms), what remains controversial (internal neurolysis, neuroma-in-continuity management), and where the field is heading (neurobiology over technique). It introduces the Degree VI injury concept and the term neurotrop(h)ism, and previews PGA conduit and nerve allograft data.
Mackinnon's 1989 review surveys the state of peripheral nerve surgery: what is established (eight operative axioms), what remains controversial (internal neurolysis, neuroma-in-continuity management), and where the field is heading (neurobiology over technique). It introduces the Degree VI injury concept and the term neurotrop(h)ism, and previews PGA conduit and nerve allograft data.