A Spark of Nerve.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical innovations.

Medical rehabilitation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (56 minutes)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Fogline Features, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

A SPARK OF NERVE is a story of personal triumph and medical innovation. Loren was fifteen when a San Quentin prisoner, mistakenly released the day before, brutally stabbed her, severing the nerves in her neck. Neurosurgeons said her arm would never move again. Michael, an attorney, was facing a similar, dead-end diagnosis after a freak chain saw accident paralyzed his arm. We also meet Chelsey who survived a horrific late night car accident, which left her arm useless as well. None were willing to accept paralysis or worse, possible amputation. Unfortunately they didn't know they also were in a race against time or the paralysis would be permanent. Each patient went searching for a cure and found hope with the charismatic surgeon, Dr. Susan Mackinnon and her pioneering work in nerve transfer surgery. A Spark of Nerve follows their extraordinary stories and others for three years - from trauma and disappointment to hope and finally joy as the freedom of movement is slowly regained - all thanks to this little known, but life changing nerve surgery. A brutally stabbed fifteen-year-old San Francisco girl and other trauma patients desperately seek cures for paralyzed limbs and find hope with surgeon, Dr. Susan Mackinnon and her pioneering nerve transfer surgeries. A Spark of Nerve is a dramatic story of human determination and medical innovation!

Notes:

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