ABSTRACT
A retrospective study was performed to measure sensibility in sensory-to-motor innervated
micro-vascular muscle transplants to the foot. Seven transplants were on the weight-bearing
surface of the foot. Five of seven flaps had light-touch sensation. Mean vibrometer
readings of the innervated transplants were 15.7 (range: 5 to 40) vs. 5.3 (range 2
to 9) on the contralateral foot. Semmes-Weinstein scores of the innervated flaps were
3.84 (one), 4.74 (one), 5.46 (two), and 6.45 (three) vs. 3.22 (one), 3.84 (one), 4.08
(one), and 4.17 (four) on the contralateral foot. This study documents that sensory-to-motor
innervated free muscle flaps may regain measurable sensibility.
