Analysis of the Peripheral Nerve Repair Market in the United States

** Kurt Brattain MD is a data scientist/statistician and is board certified in Family Medicine with a current medical license in the state of Minnesota. Questions and inquiries can be directed to [email protected]. Importance of Transected Gap Length – Transected peripheral nerve injury (PNI) repair involves sizing up each patient’s capacity to regain the use of their damaged nerve and the risk associated with the repair attempt. To be sure, every repair approach technique or device carries with it the potential for failure at a cost of life-long morbidity. This risk of morbidity is not confined to the nerve injury site alone since having a paralysis or loss of sensation leaves the patient more vulnerable to other risks such as falling or an inability to sense skin trauma. The risk of a poor outcome is greatest with transected nerve injuries, which is the focus of this paper and market estimation model. Compression type injuries where blood supply and cellular organization remain intact at some level carry with them a greater likelihood of recovery with repair or protection interventions. With each millimeter of a gap separation on a transected nerve there are associated greater repair challenges and more complicated treatment decisions.