We used segments of the lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerve to graft
defects in forty-two digital nerves in thirty-five patients. Age was a more
important prognostic indicator for functional sensibility than either the
length of the nerve graft or the time-interval from injury to grafting. The
younger patients did better. A battery of eight tests was used to determine
functional sensibility scores. All patients improved and 40 per cent had
completely normal sensibility.