United Brachial Plexus Network

Jenny,

I think that Drs. Bishop, Spinner & Shin at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN qualify. They work as a team and have done 3 surgeries in the past 9 days, all on adults. They average about 1 a week over the course of a year.

Cool!! How 'bout waving next time! ;0)

<t>Princess,<br/> <br/> You might want to learn about the phonomenal surgical team of 3 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. These guys are miracle workers, they just did surgery on my stepson, John, this past Friday (10 hours). When they went in, they found all nerve roots avulsed and very severe s...

Mikey,

So what all have you done/tried for pain management and what has worked the best?

Gene

<t>Kath<br/> <br/> My sense is that many of these specialists don't support the concept of bulletin boards. Either they feel that too much misinformation is being passed around or that patients will be "too" informed and ask challenging questions of them. I've noticed that many of the well known doc...

<r>Kath, thanks for the link, we've probably already been to every link possible...along with referrrals from our surgeons and neurologist here in Atlanta. This message board has been an invaluable learning and support tool for us. <br/> <br/> We'll be going to the Mayo Clinic in MN on February 9 to...

<t>Tanya, sounds like your boyfriend may have the same TBPI as my stepson...at least we're praying that his nerves are only stretched with scar tissue and that upcoming surgery will bring good results. We live in Atlanta and are intrigued by the reference to a nerve specialist from here. Would you c...