Targeted Muscle Reinnervation to Reduce Postoperative Pain in Patients Undergoing Hindquarter Resections

During hip disarticulation, the major nerves are tagged for easy identification (A). A nerve stimulator (B) is then used to identify motor nerves in surrounding muscle. The sciatic nerve is coapted to the gluteal motor branches (C), the femoral nerve to the motor nerves of the iliacus muscle (D), and the obturator nerve to the adductor motor branches (E).