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Nerve transfer surgery is a newer procedure that can improve movement in the elbows, wrists and hands after a cervical spinal cord injury. In people with spinal cord injury, the nerves leaving the spinal cord above the area of injury continue to work while the ones below may not. The person still has sensation and control over the muscles connected to the nerves above the injury. Learn more. #nervetransfer #surgery #plasticsurgery #spinalcordinjuries Nerve Injury, Spinal Cord Reference, Spinal Cord Injuries, Brain And Spinal Cord Anatomy, Brain And Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Anatomy Labeled, Mind Over Matter Tattoo, Descending Tracts Of Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Anatomy
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Nerve Transfers Give Hope to People with Spinal Cord Injuries

Nerve transfer surgery is a newer procedure that can improve movement in the elbows, wrists and hands after a cervical spinal cord injury. In people with spinal cord injury, the nerves leaving the spinal cord above the area of injury continue to work while the ones below may not. The person still has sensation and control over the muscles connected to the nerves above the injury. Learn more. #nervetransfer #surgery #plasticsurgery #spinalcordinjuries
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