Post Surgery
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Alicia
- Posts: 7
- Joined: Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:13 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: My son suffered a brachial plexus injury on Feb. 10, 2010. He has had no movement in his right arm since then. Had a neurologist who has referred him to Mayo in Rochester.
Post Surgery
My son Luke had surgery to reconstruct his brachial plexus on July 2 at Mayo Clinin in Rochester. Dr. Shin, Dr. Bishop and Dr. Spinner all worked on him at once and did an absolutely amazining job...They transferred nerves from the backs of both calves and his intercostals, as well as performed a gracilis muscle transplant, taking the muscle from his left thigh and attaching it to his shoulder, running the tendons all the way down to his hand for grasping. It was all very complicated and took about 13 hours because of a few complications (hemathorax). Overall, Dr. Shin said that they were able to do more with Luke than they had ever been able to do on anyone else, so we are very hopeful. It will be about 6 months before he will begin to feel anything begin to twinge, but he is so excited about being able to get any movement back at all! Right now he is still in a long arm cast which is held up by a sling with a cushion attached to keep the arm completely immobile. His next appointment is at the end of the month, so I will keep you posted on his progress. And Courtney, I did tell Dr. Shin hello for you...he laughed and told us how great you are!
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hilltopfwb
- Posts: 82
- Joined: Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:50 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: May 24, 2008 an 88 year old lady did not see me and pulled out while I was riding my 06 HD Street Glide. The accident resulted in 9 broken bones and brain hemorrhaging. The accident's most serious results was two avulsions confirmed in my C6 & C7 vertebrae. In Oct of 08 Dr. Li of Wake Forest University performed nerve transfer lasting around 8 hours in surgery. I have limited use now of my left arm. It took until July of 09 before it moved at all, and now is moving limited. I experience burning pain in my left hand, staying busy helps keep the mind off of burning. I visited the Mayo Clinic May, 2010 and consulted with their brachial plexus team. May 1, 2012, I underwent a muscle transfer at Wake Forest University. This surgery was deemed a success and I have more movement in my arm.
- Location: Fuquay Varina NC 27526
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Re: Post Surgery
Congratulations! Mayo is great place with great doctors