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"Australian surgeons attached functioning nerves above the spinal injury to paralysed nerves below the injury."

How was that done, exactly? Were they just sort of clamped together? Some sort of special bonding device that encouraged synapse formation?




Might have been a neuragen tube.

I had one of these placed in my hand after I severed the nerves in one of my fingers... It took about 1 year before I regained any feeling and 2 before I regained maximum nerve use.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2920394/


Roughly how close was max nerve use to how it was before the accident? 60%? 80%?


It's hard to gauge, but...

* Before the accident the nerve was 100% (undamaged)

* Immediately after it was 0% (could not feel anything - including the sensation of heat)

* 1 year after ~20% (could feel the sensation of heat and firm presses)

* 2 years to now ~70% (could feel heat and soft presses)

I still only type with 7 of 8 fingers on the keyboard because I have a hard time determining the location of that one finger.


BIC lighter


I can imagine how it went down though.

Stevo> "So barry, whats going on sunday avo, you wanna come over for a barbie".

Barry> Yeah, Nah Sorry mate, i got that thing at work, i'm fixing up a blokes arm.

Stevo> Just put it in a sling, no problems.

Barry> Nah this poor fella can't feel anything beneath his elbow!

Stevo> But all the bits are working

Barry> well they should be, just use some superglue to hold the bits and place, she'll be right ?




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