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Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Surgery

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Any talk of innovation in peripheral nerve surgery presupposes the existence of a specialized area of surgery related to the peripheral nerves. With the founding of the American Society for Peripheral Nerve in 1990, and its annual meetings being held in conjunction with the American Association of Hand Surgery and the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery, the field of peripheral nerve surgery is clearly now accepted as a specialized field of surgery, with its own body of knowledge.

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  1. Department of Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery and Anatomy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Christopher T. Maloney Jr. MD

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    A. Lee Dellon MD

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Maloney, C.T., Dellon, A.L. (2006). Innovations in Peripheral Nerve Surgery. In: Siemionow, M.Z. (eds) Tissue Surgery. New Techniques in Surgery Series, vol 1. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-128-8_5

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