New Surgical Method for Repairing Severed Nerves

A new way of repairing and grafting severed nerves allows for more precise repair for patients affected by nerve damage.

The current method used to correct nerve injuries is standard hand surgery. The new system provides a more efficient and effective way to repair damaged nerves or nerves that are operated upon during a nerve transfer. The method was developed by Dr. Rahul Nath, a reconstructive microsurgeon at the Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX, USA). Dr. Nath has received a U.S. patent on the method. Dr. Nath developed the current decompression surgery to correct winging scapula injuries as well as several other surgical procedures to correct brachial plexus and prostate nerve injuries. Last year, Dr. Nath performed more than 500 peripheral nerve injury surgeries. He is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

"I work with nerves five days a week and understand what the deficiencies are in the current method of repairing nerves by hand,” said Dr. Nath. "My surgical system still depends on the surgeon's own skill, but the tools involved ensure a much better outcome for the patient, including less recovery time and less opportunity for complications from surgery.

More information can be found on Dr. Nath's four websites, each devoted to one area of nerve surgery. These are brachial plexus injury (www.drnathbrachialplexus.com), winging scapula injury (www.drnathwingingscapula.com), nerve tumor surgery (www.drnathnervetumor.com) and impotence surgery (www.drnathimpotencesurgery).




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