Nerve Regeneration Using Polyglycolic Acid-Collagen Tube Following Tumor Resection in The Inferior Alveolar Nerve

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Yuta Kishi Koji Kawaguchi Mami Suzuki Nahoko Miyashita Ryota Matsubara Masaaki Yasukawa

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Koji Kawaguchi
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, Tsurumi University, Japan

A B S T R A C T

A conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration (NERBRIDGE®; Toyobo Co., Japan) in cases of disconnection or deficiency of the peripheral nerve was approved in Japan in 2013. NERBRIDGE® is a polyglycolic acid-collagen (PGA) product derived from porcine skin. The use of NERBRIDGE® has been reported mainly in orthopaedic surgery. Reports on its use for sensory nerve injuries in the oral region are scarce. This case report describes a case of significant sensory recovery obtained by nerve repair using NERBRIDGE® in a patient with schwannoma-induced inferior alveolar nerve resection. At the 1-year postoperative evaluation, sensory nerve recovery using the two-point discrimination test was confirmed.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Thu 13, Apr 2023
Accepted: Thu 04, May 2023
Published: Sat 13, May 2023

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© 2023 Koji Kawaguchi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSCR.2023.02.01