An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
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richinma2005
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Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
Dr.McKinnon was the doc who did my nerve transfer 10 years ago, my mom just happen to see her on TLC a few months after my accident, so we got in contact with her, wasn't much she could do because of how bad my BPI was.
Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
yea she did mine too same thing couldn't do much based on my injury.
s8n
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Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
She did mine 11 months ago, now I have elbow flextion and extension both against gravity and can lift 10 pounds. Shoulder movement. I am continuing to improve.
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Does anyone know can this be done on obpi that are 15yrs old or does it have to be new injury and does it matter if there was a nerve graft done 14 yrs ago but didn't work?? Mare
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marieke
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no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
Just an FYI: It's only good for peripheral nerve damage, so not any good if the nerves were torn from the spine and there is no function due to that. There has to still be some function/nerves attached to spinal cord (CNS) for this to work.
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Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
I had a similar procedure done too, with a different doctor. However, it did not give me anything new 
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Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
With my surgury she was able to give me some muscle movement back, she took a nerve from my pec and ran it to my bicep, this allowed me to have some bicep movement, and shoulder movement, I mean its not strong enough to allow me to move the arm, but it gave me just enough to prevent the shoulder from dislocating anymore.
Re: An article-Dr. Susan McKinnon
So Joel,
Was wondering, do they expect your bicep to continue to strengthen? Dustin has, for the time being, decided against the gracilis transfer. There was another option but there was a chance of losing his hand function with this. So what the physiatrist said the other day was it was like he has some nerve impulse at the bicept but not enough to bend in gravity. I am wondering if this could put a "new track" to some of the ones that are missing and he could get more bicep. Is this a huge surgery like the gracilis transfer?
Thanks, Sue
Was wondering, do they expect your bicep to continue to strengthen? Dustin has, for the time being, decided against the gracilis transfer. There was another option but there was a chance of losing his hand function with this. So what the physiatrist said the other day was it was like he has some nerve impulse at the bicept but not enough to bend in gravity. I am wondering if this could put a "new track" to some of the ones that are missing and he could get more bicep. Is this a huge surgery like the gracilis transfer?
Thanks, Sue