

These procedures make the immunogenic response insignificant. The donated nerve tissue is disinfected, by selectively removing cellular components and debris to cleave growth inhibitors and then terminally sterilized. To prevent this rejection, new immunosuppressive techniques are performed on the graft, before it is transplanted into the receiver. An immune response against an allograft or xenograft is called Transplant rejection. Tissue from another human being is used to restore the defect, which can induce an immunogenic response. One of the adverse effects of nerve allotransplantation is the immunogenic response. An allograft contains many of the beneficial characteristics of nerve autograft, such as three-dimensional microstructural scaffolding and protein components inherent to nerve tissue. Nerve allografts are prepared from donated human nerve tissue. J Hand Surg.Another option to bridge the gap is nerve allotransplantation. (2013) Allograft Reconstruction for Digital Nerve Loss. (2012) Processed nerve allografts for peripheral nerve reconstruction: a multicenter study of utilization and outcomes in sensory, mixed and motor nerve reconstructions. Sural nerve donor-site morbidity: thirty-four years of follow-up. Nerve injury and repair: regeneration, reconstruction and cortical remodeling. (2012) Functional Outcome Following Nerve Repair in the Upper Extremity Using Processed Nerve Allograft. ^ a b c d Mackinnon S.E., Doolabh VB, Novak CB, Trulock EP (2001) Clinical outcome following nerve allograft transplantation.(2007) Nerve allograft transplantation: a review. ^ a b c Yates D (2013) Processed nerve allograft for trigeminal nerve repair: safety and effectiveness in sensory nerve reconstruction.This specific study type is of crucial value for evidence-based medicine. No comparison of these two procedures has been made in one single clinical study, let alone in a randomized controlled trial. autograft or allograft surgery, is preferred for each nerve type, but more research needs to be done. The use of nerve allografts is a relatively new development and therefore autografts are currently still used more frequently.Efforts are being made to determine which procedure, i.e. This is why these days, rejection has become a very rare complication and nerve allograft has become more relevant. Nowadays rejection is still an adverse effect of nerve allotransplantation, but modern immunosuppressive regimens are used to prevent this rejection. Therefore, ‘The Peripheral Nerve Injury committee’ did not support nerve allograft until, in the early 1970s the first successful clinical trials on longer grafts were reported by using a new combination of radiation and freeze-drying techniques. However, there was a period of failure to accomplish successful recovery for all the allografts longer than 4 cm. In 1945, after WWII, Sir Sunderland described the anatomy of the peripheral nerves and developed techniques to improve the outcomes of nerve repair.A successful regeneration for short allografts (<4 cm) was achieved. Nerve regeneration, is described for the first time in 1795 and in 1885 the first nerve allograft transplantation was reported. Rhazes, a Persian doctor, was the first who mentioned nerve repair in 900 AD.

Since a couple of decades processed nerve allografts has been used to restore nerve continuity. Another option to bridge the gap is nerve allotransplantation.
