Items Tagged ‘Peripheral Nerve Injury’
January 27, 2019
Neurosurgery Inspires Athlete’s Career Path
More than a decade after nerve transfer surgery restored mobility to his right shoulder, Peter Rechenberg is not only able to do Olympic lifts, he’s using his experience at Mayo Clinic to bring healing to others.
Tags: Dr. Alexander Shin, Dr. Allen Bishop, Dr. Robert Spinner, Peripheral Nerve Injury
August 26, 2015
Experimental Nerve Graft Puts Former Green Beret Back on his Feet
Others might have panicked, but former U.S. Special Forces Engineer Kevin Flike kept his wits about him when he was shot in the abdomen during a firefight in Afghanistan four years ago. Through the worst pain of his life, the Green Beret pushed forward. He radioed his injury to teammates and began assessing the wound, […]
Tags: Dr. Robert Spinner, Dr. Scott Zietlow, nerve graft, Neurosurgery, Peripheral Nerve Injury