Surgeons Restore Hand, Arm Movement to Quadriplegic Patients (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Surgeons Restore Hand, Arm Movement to Quadriplegic Patients

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Washington University physician Michael Bavlsik, MD, shows surgeon Ida Fox, MD, how he can now grip an otoscope, which he uses in his practice. He is one of nine quadriplegic patients who regained some hand and arm movement after nerve-transfer surgery, a procedure pioneered at Washington University School of Medicine. Fox, an assistant professor of surgery, operated on Bavlsik.

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E. Holland Durando

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