Pioneering Surgery : Susan Mackinnon
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- 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
Pioneering Surgery : Susan Mackinnon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2BjmgcVRzU
SLIDES FROM LECTURE - makes the lecture stick
https://prezi.com/scfmajnqj5dh/tedx-wom ... l-nerve-6/
EXCELLENT RESOURCE for Surgeons and Patients
Susan Mackinnon & U of Washington's Peripheral Nerve Surgery Library:
http://nervesurgery.wustl.edu/Pages/default.aspx