(HealthDay)—C7 nerve transfer is beneficial for patients with unilateral arm paralysis for more than five years, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

(Reuters Health) - - Doctors in Shanghai say they have made paralyzed arms useful again by surgically swapping a nerve coming out of the spinal cord. A year after the surgery, "the paralyzed arm ...

Compared with standard intensive speech and language therapy (iSLT) alone, right-sided cervical C7 neurotomy combined with iSLT significantly improved language function in patients with chronic ...

Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck.

A quadriplegic man has regained partial control of his hands after doctors rewired the nerves in his arm. The 71-year-old patient suffered a spinal cord injury after a car accident four years ago that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The thinner diameter of the C5 nerve root may be the reason it is more susceptible to damage during cervical ...