ALACHUA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An advanced nerve graft from AxoGenTM was implanted to repair a severed nerve in a 38 year old male who suffered a traumatic injury to his face. On July 20, 2007, the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) plastic surgery team led by Dr. Steven L. Moran and Dr. Samir Mardini repaired the injured facial nerve to enable the patient to regain use of his facial muscles. The nerve repair was accomplished using the graft to connect the severed nerve root to three nerve branches using only one graft. Dr. Moran stated, “No other commercially available product could have been used in this application.” The alternative would have been to transplant a nerve from another site of the patients body to the severed nerve; thus, requiring additional surgery. Dr. Moran further remarked, “The graft had superior handling characteristics to an autograft.”
