United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

I second that question. My daughter had a nerve graft at six months and a nerve transfer at 1 1/2. She will be having a transfer to her deltoid and rotator cuff this year (she is four). But I have never heard of a mod quad or a TT. I even asked my therapist, and she had never heard of them (she is a specialist in BPIs at Hasbro Childrens Hospital). Can someone please give a brief explanantion?

All the explanations are on Dr. Nath's site http://www.drnathbrachialplexus.com.

If you go to www.drnathbrachialplexus.com there are detailed explainations of these surgeries. Under the surgery info link-click on muscle surgeries and it will have mod quad listed. Under bone surgeries it will discuss TT (Triangle Tilt). If your child needs these surgeries-he's supposed to be best. Just hearsay-I've never met him.

I totally understand your concern. I felt the same way, and Dr. Nath has performed 3 surgies on my daughter now. But I was still hesitant about this one. Untill I got the 3-D catscan. I asked the radiologist to make me a copy too. And when I came home and put that in my computer, I knew before he even called that she needed it. It helps to see the bones there clear as day not in the right spot. How else do you move a bone besides surgery? It was very hard to look at the catscan, but I'm glad I did because it really helped me in knowing my descision was right. Good luck on whatever you decide. I'm sure it will be the right choice for your baby.

WHAT IS A TRIANGLE TILT?