From the aDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
bVanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
cDuke University, Durham NC
dVanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
eDivision of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Received May 13, 2021, and accepted for publication, after revision November 8, 2021.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.
Reprints: Galen Perdikis, MD, Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, D-4207 Medical Center North, 1161 21st Ave S, Nashville, TN 37212. E-mail: [email protected].
S.A., G.P., W.P.T., A.C.P., J.R.P., and A.J.F. designed the study plan and wrote the institutional review board protocol. G.E.G. enrolled each participant, while S.A., G.P., and P.E.A. performed the surgeries. The nerve staining was performed by A.C.P. G.E.G., A.C.P., P.E.A., S.J.R., and B.P. collected, managed, and analyzed nerve specimen data. G.E.G. and J.R.P. performed retrospective chart reviews for demographic information. G.E.G. is the first author and had the greatest contribution to this manuscript. All authors aided in the writing of this manuscript, and all authors contributed an equal amount to the review of this manuscript.
This study was approved by Vanderbilt University Medical Center Institutional Review Board.
