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BENEFITS OF TENDON TRANSFER SURGERY FOR QUADRIPLEGICS Nov 8, 2017 18:23:51 GMT -8

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HI Guyz,

For those of you who haven't gone through tendon transfer surgery, I would say, currently it is the only established technique which can improve the lives, independence of quadriplegics.

One of my friends has gone through it and he has experienced some great results. Read his story here : spinalinjury.info/hand-tendon-transfer-surgery/

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BENEFITS OF TENDON TRANSFER SURGERY FOR QUADRIPLEGICS Nov 15, 2017 5:27:07 GMT -8

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Post by DJ on Nov 15, 2017 5:27:07 GMT -8

fahad, my only concern with this is whether or not it's reversible. I'm fairly hopeful that we'll have some kinda treatment available to us within the next few years and when that time comes, our hands still won't function normally because of the tendon transfer. I haven't looked into this fully but can you of anyone confirm if it's reversible or not?

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BENEFITS OF TENDON TRANSFER SURGERY FOR QUADRIPLEGICS Nov 16, 2017 6:22:59 GMT -8

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Nov 15, 2017 5:27:07 GMT -8 DJ said:

fahad , my only concern with this is whether or not it's reversible. I'm fairly hopeful that we'll have some kinda treatment available to us within the next few years and when that time comes, our hands still won't function normally because of the tendon transfer. I haven't looked into this fully but can you of anyone confirm if it's reversible or not?

i have had the tendon transfer procedure too & it has changed / improved my life a lot. Yup it is definitely reversible but i am unable to understand why would you want to reverse it ?

Tendon transfer doesn't in any way steal your previous muscle functions. What it does, it allows you to have multiple functions. Now with the same tendon you would be controlling 2 muscles of the arms/ hand.

For example, Brachioradialis muscle is used to flex the elbow naturally. After tendon transfer, i can flex the elbow as well as flex my thumb for a key pinch.

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BENEFITS OF TENDON TRANSFER SURGERY FOR QUADRIPLEGICS

Post by fahad on Nov 8, 2017 18:23:51 GMT -8

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