United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

just wanna know if anyone has had a good outcome from nerve transfer as im going in for surgury on monday. bring on some good stories

Hey buster, i have good flexxion in my elbow as my brachiallis and bicep are now reinnervated..and looks like my deltoid maybe coming back best of luck to you.

I have gotten movement back from my surgery. I have about 10 degrees last I was told (just had the surgery in Dec 08). My doc said it would take 6 months before any movement and I started getting mine at 3 months post op. My only issue has been pain due to swelling and inflammation.

accident was oct 7th '07, i got surgery done on may 7th '08. i can move my shoulder around but cant lift up, i can bend my elbow level to my chest, can move my wrist up and down, {just started being able to extend it up from down position} i can open and close my hand a bit too. Buy its not very strong to open.

Good Luck!!

Wrist flexion - probably 50% better
Bicep - probably 80% better
Deltoid - Minimal if any, 15% maybe?

Everybody is different. You're results may be better or worse. Mine are pretty typical from all I've read. Bicep takes to reinervation better than delt typically. I can lift things with my bicep now like I can use an olympic curl bar with no weight on it. I can probably bend it 140 degrees or so. I couldn't turn my wrist over (palm up) but now can slightly, especially when my arm is 90% at the elbow. Deltoid still very atrophied, probably not coming back but other muscles probably allow me to lift it 75% out front, 10% to the side.

Good luck Troy. I hope you heal fast and well. JJ

you will not believe it but i flew all the way there. sitting in hospital waiting to get blood taken the doc comes in and tells me he cant do it for 4 weeks on of the other doc is sick. so i wait again who nows might be a sighn.

My daughter had nerve and muscle transfers in 2006. She has flexion and extension of her elbow but nothing in her deltoid because they weren't able to do the c7 contralateral transfer. She's happy with her results.
Sue

Hi,
My best friend is about to do this surgery.
Can you please tell me where did you do this
and had these results?
We are looking the best doctors in all over the
world in order to ask them some things. Thank you.

Melanie had all her surgeries at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA