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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Neuroanat.
Volume 18 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnana.2024.1470913

Anatomical Study of Single Incision Posterior Contralateral C7 Nerve Transfer Through Subdural Pathway

Provisionally accepted
Long Yao Long Yao 1HengZhu Zhang HengZhu Zhang 2*Zhengcun Yan Zhengcun Yan 1Xiaodong Wang Xiaodong Wang 1Jiaxiang Gu Jiaxiang Gu 3Hongjun Liu Hongjun Liu 3
  • 1 Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University,, Department of General Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital,Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University,, Department of Orthopedics, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
  • 3 Department of Orthopedics, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

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    Stroke is one of the main diseases that endanger patients' lives. It is an acute local, temporary, or persistent brain damage caused by cerebral tissue ischemia or bleeding, leading to various complications. Among them, limb hemiplegia caused by stroke can seriously affect the quality of life of patients. Therefore，how to restore the motor function of hemiplegic limbs is an urgent problem that needs to be solved, and it is also an important research topic at home and abroad. The contralateral C7 nerve transfer surgery for the treatment of spastic hemiplegia has been clinically applied for many years. Its initial surgical method was the anterior cervical subcutaneous pathway.However,with the advancement of technology and continuous improvement of surgical methods, the anterior esophageal posterior pathway and the modified posterior vertebral pathway are currently used, all of which are extraspinal pathways. This article proposes a surgical approach for the transfer of the contralateral C7 nerve through a single incision intraspinal subdural pathway through microanatomy and simulated surgery of the C7 nerve in the spinal canal, providing theoretical and clinical basis for the feasibility of contralateral C7 nerve transfer surgery in the spinal canal.

    Keywords: Spinal Canal, Subdural pathway, C7 nerve, Nerve Transfer, Anatomic

    Received: 26 Jul 2024; Accepted: 18 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Yao, Zhang, Yan, Wang, Gu and Liu. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: HengZhu Zhang, Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University,, Department of Orthopedics, Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225001, Jiangsu Province, China

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