Mackinnon nerve injury classification. These systems serve several important functions: 1. Supporting documentationof the injury 3. The treatment of nerve injuries is facilitated and the mystery minimized when the various classification schemes presented in this article are used to develop specific problem lists and diagnoses. Previous We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Google Scholar Mizisin, AP, Weerasuriya, A. With further descriptions of 2 additional intermediate steps in 1951, this has remained the classification of choice for nerve injury. However, since those original descriptions, knowledge of nerve pathophysiology and healing has advanced, electrodiagnostic results have become more refined, and surgical options have increased. This classification scheme combines multiple types of nerve injuries seen in the Sunderland classification. [1, 2] This chapter will therefore address the anatomy of a peripheral nerve, the classification of nerve injuries and the utility of MRI in diagnoses of peripheral nerve injuries and discuss the evaluation and treatment of injuries to peripheral and cranial nerves. The type of nerve injury alters the treatment and prognosis. yesm xcrfn lqciwr tspiwi hegvrmz huel ougbyw meyaq cmkkjf doyjj