<t>My husband recently underwent muscle and nerve transfer at Mayo. They are now implementing a new procedure that only requires one suregery to regain bicep and wrist/finger movement. It was a 15 hr sx but well worth it to avoid a second muscle transfer. They only used one inner thigh muscle and bo...

We were wondering who Ellen is. The assistant at MAYO mentioned her many times, and her son, John. She said she could answer many question.

We're having a very difficult deciding what the right choice is. My husband is only able to shrug his shoulder and his deltoids work. It seems like the surgery offers so little. But, would he be able to use a prosthesis w/o shoulder movement? Drs. at Mayo told us he wouldn't. Anyone know?