If you're suddenly overcome with an eerie feeling of déjà vu, fret not, as this idea has certainly been brainstormed before. As scientists aim to make prosthetic limbs more user-friendly, a certain ...

People who have had a limb amputated often experience phantom limb pain and neuromas (painful, scarred nerve endings). Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) surgery can help relieve the pain by ...

Late after cardiac transplantation, limited reinnervation of the transplanted heart may occur, but little is known about the effect of reinnervation on cardiac function and exercise performance. We ...

Study design: Intercostal nerve to spinal nerve root anastomosis in chronic spine-injured patients. Objectives: To analyze the effectiveness of neurogenic bladder reinnervation in spinal cord-injured ...

Performed early – at the time of amputation – a procedure called targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) can reduce pain scores and prevent complications related to abnormal nerve regrowth, suggests a ...

Spontaneous nerve regeneration after a heart transplant is more likely in cases involving young donors, young recipients and fast, uncomplicated surgery, researchers report in Circulation: Journal of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aside from the hand, the most common level of amputation in the upper extremity is the transradial amputation; ...

Current myoelectric prostheses give slow and awkward movements and little sensory feedback. A new nerve transfer procedure has given a woman much improved control of her prosthetic arm, as well as ...

To the Editor: The issue of whether there is sympathetic reinnervation in the transplanted human heart remains debatable. Bengel et al. (Sept. 6 issue) 1 reported adrenergic activity in transplanted ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In this video, Bryan J. Loeffler, MD, demonstrates the technique orthopedic surgeons at OrthoCarolina use for ...

Scientists have shown that it is possible to repair an injured brain by creating a small number of new, specifically-targeted innervations, rather than a larger number of non-specific connections.

A team of doctors at Sarvodaya Hospital, Sector 8, Faridabad, successfully performed a rare and complex laryngeal reinnervation surgery, restoring the voice of a patient who had lost it for six months ...