I wished I had been on the site earlier so as to give you this information. You are in Va. Beach (I am in NC), there is a doctor that works for Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital that they have attempted to get in the team at the Mayo Clinic that is excellent surgeon. His name is Dr. Jon Li. I have been to the Mayo Clinic and also Wake Forest University. The team at the Mayo is excellent. Dr. Skinner is the real deal, he himself recommended I stay in Dr. Li's care. I quite possibly will go back to the Mayo for a certain tendon transfer. I recommend you get on the phone and schedule with Dr. Li ASAP (especially if the wait for the Mayo would put you in danger of the 6 month time frame since your injury).
Dr. Jon Li
336-716-4015
336-716-8092
Motorcycle Accident, no arm movement.
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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
- Contact:
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cesarparada
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:31 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I have a complete injury of brachial plexus c7, c8 and T1 from the spinal cord, and a partial injury at C5 and C6, im from Honduras, and i want to find peoplewith this injuris to share opinions
Re: Motorcycle Accident, no arm movement.
Hi i had a BPI too, mines is complete. In USA i recommend Dr Justin Brown at the CENTER OF NERVE INUJRY AND PARALYSIS in St.Louis, Misouri. they are well qualified doctors that has treatments of the braquial plexus.
http://nerve.wustl.edu/
the best doctors in the world are in Barcelona, Spain. Is more cheaper to travel to Spain, USA has good things, but in BPI Spain is the top there are the First! Dr. Allan BElzberg at johns hopkins, Dr Rahul Kumar Nath at institue of nerve, Dr Sussan Mckinnon at Center of nerve injury and paralysis, doctors of mayoclinic, i talked with them, and they said that the best doctors in the world that makes braquial plexus surgeries are in Spain, because they were the first in practice this techniques, they resarch a lot, they are specially only in this area: BRAQUIAL PLEXUS, PERIFERIC NERVE AND HAND SURGERY
you can write to Dr. JUAN PABLO CACERES LUCERO at CLINICA TEKNON in Barcelona, Spain (he made my surgery) he´s an expert on Braquial plexus injury.
You can see this web page but is in spanish WWW.PLEXOBRAQUIAL.COM
E-mail: 26977jcl@comb.es
He speaks english too.
http://nerve.wustl.edu/
the best doctors in the world are in Barcelona, Spain. Is more cheaper to travel to Spain, USA has good things, but in BPI Spain is the top there are the First! Dr. Allan BElzberg at johns hopkins, Dr Rahul Kumar Nath at institue of nerve, Dr Sussan Mckinnon at Center of nerve injury and paralysis, doctors of mayoclinic, i talked with them, and they said that the best doctors in the world that makes braquial plexus surgeries are in Spain, because they were the first in practice this techniques, they resarch a lot, they are specially only in this area: BRAQUIAL PLEXUS, PERIFERIC NERVE AND HAND SURGERY
you can write to Dr. JUAN PABLO CACERES LUCERO at CLINICA TEKNON in Barcelona, Spain (he made my surgery) he´s an expert on Braquial plexus injury.
You can see this web page but is in spanish WWW.PLEXOBRAQUIAL.COM
E-mail: 26977jcl@comb.es
He speaks english too.
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cesarparada
- Posts: 2
- Joined: Fri Jan 07, 2011 4:31 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: I have a complete injury of brachial plexus c7, c8 and T1 from the spinal cord, and a partial injury at C5 and C6, im from Honduras, and i want to find peoplewith this injuris to share opinions
Re: Motorcycle Accident, no arm movement.
Hi i had a BPI too, mines is complete. In USA i recommend Dr Justin Brown at the CENTER OF NERVE INUJRY AND PARALYSIS in St.Louis, Misouri. they are well qualified doctors that has treatments of the braquial plexus.
http://nerve.wustl.edu/
the best doctors in the world are in Barcelona, Spain. Is more cheaper to travel to Spain, USA has good things, but in BPI Spain is the top there are the First! Dr. Allan BElzberg at johns hopkins, Dr Rahul Kumar Nath at institue of nerve, Dr Sussan Mckinnon at Center of nerve injury and paralysis, doctors of mayoclinic, i talked with them, and they said that the best doctors in the world that makes braquial plexus surgeries are in Spain, because they were the first in practice this techniques, they resarch a lot, they are specially only in this area: BRAQUIAL PLEXUS, PERIFERIC NERVE AND HAND SURGERY
you can write to Dr. JUAN PABLO CACERES LUCERO at CLINICA TEKNON in Barcelona, Spain (he made my surgery) he´s an expert on Braquial plexus injury.
You can see this web page but is in spanish http://WWW.PLEXOBRAQUIAL.COM
E-mail: 26977jcl@comb.es
He speaks english too.
Cesar
you can write at cesarparada3@gmail.com
http://nerve.wustl.edu/
the best doctors in the world are in Barcelona, Spain. Is more cheaper to travel to Spain, USA has good things, but in BPI Spain is the top there are the First! Dr. Allan BElzberg at johns hopkins, Dr Rahul Kumar Nath at institue of nerve, Dr Sussan Mckinnon at Center of nerve injury and paralysis, doctors of mayoclinic, i talked with them, and they said that the best doctors in the world that makes braquial plexus surgeries are in Spain, because they were the first in practice this techniques, they resarch a lot, they are specially only in this area: BRAQUIAL PLEXUS, PERIFERIC NERVE AND HAND SURGERY
you can write to Dr. JUAN PABLO CACERES LUCERO at CLINICA TEKNON in Barcelona, Spain (he made my surgery) he´s an expert on Braquial plexus injury.
You can see this web page but is in spanish http://WWW.PLEXOBRAQUIAL.COM
E-mail: 26977jcl@comb.es
He speaks english too.
Cesar
you can write at cesarparada3@gmail.com
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ArmStrong
- Posts: 100
- Joined: Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:09 am
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: HI BPI FAMILY ON SEPT.19 2010 I CRASHED ON MY MOTORCYCLE AND SUFFERD A FRACTURED BACK AND NECK AND A CLOSED,TRAUMATIC BPI LEFT ARM PARALYZED,SOME FINGER AND WRIST MOVEMENT.
- Location: LOS ANGELES,CA
Re: Motorcycle Accident, no arm movement.
HEY I AM IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS YOU,MY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WAS IN SEPT.2010 AND WILL BE EXACTLY 4MONTHS TODAY,I TOO HAVE THE PAIN IN MY HAND ,SAME FINGER AND WRIST MOVEMENT,I HAVE NO INSURANCE AND I AM DESPERATELY SEEKING ANYWAY POSSIBLE TO GET THE HELP I NEED,AS YOU KNOW THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS VERY SHORT SO I AM CONTACTING THE MAYO CLINIC TO SEE WHAT IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE,I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,TRY TO STAY POSITIVE AND USE EVERY RESOURCE YOU HAVE BECAUSE THERE IS HOPE FOR THIS INJURY,IT TAKES EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH TO CONTINUE EACH DAY BECAUSE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS SOO SCREWED UP AND WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IT CAN GET VERY DISCOURAGING BUT THE FACT THAT THERE CAN BE RECOVERY FROM THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME PUSHING TO GET THE HELP I NEED AND DESERVE,IT'S A SHAME THE WAY THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP,SO DON'T GIVE UP,STAY STRONG AND GOOD LUCK!
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Christopher
- Posts: 845
- Joined: Wed Jun 18, 2003 10:09 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: Date of Injury: 12/15/02
Level of Injury:
-dominant side C5, C6, & C7 avulsed. C8 & T1 stretched & crushed
BPI Related Surgeries:
-2 Intercostal nerves grafted to Biceps muscle,
-Free-Gracilis muscle transfer to Biceps Region innervated with 2 Intercostal nerves grafts.
-2 Sural nerves harvested from both Calves for nerve grafting.
-Partial Ulnar nerve grafted to Long Triceps.
-Uninjured C7 Hemi-Contralateral cross-over to Deltoid muscle.
-Wrist flexor tendon transfer to middle, ring, & pinky finger extensors.
Surgical medical facility:
Brachial Plexus Clinic at The Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
(all surgeries successful)
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
~Theodore Roosevelt - Location: Los Angeles, California USA
Re: Motorcycle Accident, no arm movement.
ArmStrong wrote:HEY I AM IN THE EXACT SAME POSITION AS YOU,MY MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT WAS IN SEPT.2010 AND WILL BE EXACTLY 4MONTHS TODAY,I TOO HAVE THE PAIN IN MY HAND ,SAME FINGER AND WRIST MOVEMENT,I HAVE NO INSURANCE AND I AM DESPERATELY SEEKING ANYWAY POSSIBLE TO GET THE HELP I NEED,AS YOU KNOW THE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS VERY SHORT SO I AM CONTACTING THE MAYO CLINIC TO SEE WHAT IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE,I WILL KEEP IN TOUCH AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS,TRY TO STAY POSITIVE AND USE EVERY RESOURCE YOU HAVE BECAUSE THERE IS HOPE FOR THIS INJURY,IT TAKES EVERY OUNCE OF STRENGTH TO CONTINUE EACH DAY BECAUSE THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS SOO SCREWED UP AND WITH LIMITED RESOURCES IT CAN GET VERY DISCOURAGING BUT THE FACT THAT THERE CAN BE RECOVERY FROM THIS IS WHAT KEEPS ME PUSHING TO GET THE HELP I NEED AND DESERVE,IT'S A SHAME THE WAY THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP,SO DON'T GIVE UP,STAY STRONG AND GOOD LUCK!
ArmStrong,
I sent you a PM (private message), don't know if you have that function enabled in your profile. I live in LA as well. If you want to talk or email me, feel free. I've been through the ringer with this injury and have learned a lot.
cljanney "at" gmail "dot" com