Neurosurgical Focus: The April issue of Neurosurgical Focus (Vol. 58, No. 4) offers four articles on nerve transfers.  

From the Topic Editors’ Introduction: “The April 2025 issue of Neurosurgical Focus celebrates advances in nerve transfer and the paradigm shift that is occurring in the post-grafting era of peripheral nerve surgery. Articles featured in this issue were selected by a diverse global panel of experts in the fields of neurosurgery, orthopedics (hand surgery), plastic surgery, and physical therapy.”

Contents of the April issue: 

• “Introduction. Nerve transfers” by Robert J. Spinner et al.

• “Correlation between electromyography findings and plasticity grading score after long-term phrenic nerve to musculocutaneous nerve transfer in brachial plexus injuries” by Simon Miedema et al.

• “Nerve transfers for facial palsy: grading of volitional control after using the hypoglossal and masseter nerves” by Mariano Socolovsky et al.

• “Comparison of volitional control and strength in elbow flexion after ipsilateral C7 transfer or double fascicular transfer in C5–6 brachial plexus injuries” by Ying-Hsuan Lee et al.

• “A comparison of functional outcomes for triceps motor branch transfer to the anterior division axillary nerve in upper trunk brachial plexus injuries versus non–brachial plexus axillary nerve injuries” by Mikaela H. Sullivan et al. Newswise/SP