United Brachial Plexus Network, Inc.

hello board, im going down to texas to have nervegraph surgury to on 12/3/01, I was involved in a motorcycle accident that ripped the bp right out of my spine, and i wanted to know if this type of surgury was a success to any of you that has had this type of surgury done.

hi
iv had the nerve graft shit done in leeds uk , about 4 1/2 yrs ago and it was a great success,i regained about 75% movement back but it took over 3 yrs to get the results,mine was also a motorbike accident.

if you want anymore info just click my name and send me an e-mail or just post here.

good luck karl

thank you carl i made a mistake, the surgury is on 11/30, and yes im looking forward to it and some recovery. thank you

Hi!

Yep; like Karl, I had this surgery done in the UK about 8 yrs ago now. I re-gained elbow function, but it took a while after surgery to see/feel any change, so don't expect too much at first!

Most people I have spoken to have noticed the start of gradual improvement after around 9 months-1 year, and re-gained optimum function after around 2-3 years....not exactly a speedy result, but unfortunately, that's the way it is, mostly, with nerve grafting.

Good luck with the surgery; let us know how you get on.

Liz

I had a BC injury 30 years ago in similar circumstances in the UK. Good lick with the surgury.
Phil

hello again, it,s been t10 monts since my surgury, and i must say i got about 20% use so far, now im able to lift my arm up to about 90 degrees, and move my elbow in. although i cant push away.i still got alot of healing time ahead of me.

hi there ,
doesnt time fly...glad to here your getting some improvements ,but youve still a good 2 yr to go.
Keep us all upto date

karl

I had reconstructive surgery 4 years ago. After a year post op I went from a complete " flail " arm to having good use of my shoulder and elbow. My hand even came back a bit with time. Nothing like "real" hand movement but it's alot more useful than it was at the beginning.

Best of luck,

Mikey

Bodean its nice to hear from you. We have a topic called surgery has anyone had any success. I don't if you had seen it. Thairs alot of postings about surgury. I don't think its a good Idea to start a similar topic. Paul