Nerve transfer surgery gives hope to children with rare paralyzing illness

Washington University surgeon Amy Moore, MD, performed nerve transfer surgery on Brandon Noblitt when he was 6 years old, to help restore some function to his leg after he contracted a paralyzing illness known as acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). For the story: medicine.wustl...
Video by Huy Mach, Gaia Remerowski/Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

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My daughter had a nerve transfer surgery at the Shriners hospital in Philadelphia. They took an intercostal nerve and put it in place of either the radial nerve or the ulnar nerve. She had a C7 and C8 nerve root avulsion.

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AMAZING! This is absolutely wonderful news; thank you so very much for sharing!

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Fantastic! This looks so promising! Keep up the awesome work!