The NEON (Nerve rEpair Or Not) trial: a randomized controlled trial of microsurgical repair versus nerve alignment for digital nerve injury
Wormald JC, Gardiner MD, Jerosch-Herold C, Cook J, Pinedo Villanueva R, O’Hanlon C et al.
BJS 2025; 112: znaf174.
A multicenter RCT involving 122 patients with suspected unilateral digital nerve injury compared microsurgical suture repair to nerve alignment alone. At 12 months, no significant differences were observed between groups in patient-reported outcomes (Impact of Hand Nerve Disorders, I-HaND v2), objective neurosensory and functional recovery, health-related quality of life, or complication rates.
