Op's 3-6 months after injury?
Re: Op's 3-6 months after injury?
I am not sure, but Dr. Nath did mine three months after surgery even when I was pregnant. I was 4 months pregnant at the time of the accident and 7 months when the surgery. What a rough time I had.
Re: Op's 3-6 months after injury?
No you shouldn't be. I had mine 5 months after my accident. I'm having another one at the end of April which will make it almost 8 months.
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cbe411
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- Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2003 8:27 pm
- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: MVA in 2001, nerve graph in 2002, Median Nerve Transfer in 2004 and an unsuccessful Gracillis Muscle Transfer in 2006. I am living life and loving it! Feel free to contact me :)
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Re: Op's 3-6 months after injury?
I didnt have my first surgery untill 9 months after my crash! The second one wasnt untill 2 and a half years later! Be strong hang in there!
COurt xo
COurt xo
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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: Op's 3-6 months after injury?
More and more information is coming out that the sooner the better. Muscle recovery from atrophy is a serious issue due to the duration of time it takes to get re-inervation to the atrophied muscles. There are also reports of the likelihood of diminishing pain if surgery is prior or post the six month point. Chances are 3x better of pain reduction if done prior to six months (probably due to better return of function). Anyway, if it was me, I'd be breathing down there necks to cut me up, but I'm sure someone has contradicting opinions/evidence out there. Most important, is that you've got good surgeons, bad ones won't help no matter when you get operated on. Best of luck, and I'll be rooting for you.
Cheers
Christopher
Cheers
Christopher
Re: Op's 3-6 months after injury?
I'm worried about my operation. I'm supposed to have at the end of April, and that will be over 8 months. Is 2 months really that significant?