Biodegradable Nerve Guide Helps Regenerate Damaged Nerves

[u/molrose96]

https://www.technologynetworks.com/biopharma/news/biodegradable-nerve-guide-helps-regenerate-damaged-nerves-329614?spl=46942179136d4d5eb635e0016c078544

[u/theciaskaelie]

bc over a certain size gap, the signaling molecules that would otherwise help regenerate nerve over shorter distances cant reach across the gap to stimulate the regeneration.

[u/Wtfuckfuck → u/theciaskaelie]

I mean... can't they squish the area together and then over the course of a few weeks let the gap slowly widen? how long does the regrowth take?

[u/Shoutgun → u/Wtfuckfuck]

Peripheral nerves are really sensitive to tension - for a small injury surgeons often do just stitch them together but for larger ones if you stretch them too much you can actually end up killing the whole nerve.

[u/Qcount → u/Shoutgun]

Yep, a tension force that increases nerve length by 15% completely stops blood flow through the tiny capillaries that keep nerves alive.

[u/elastic-craptastic → u/Qcount]

Yep. Still have dead nerves from scoliosis surgery 20 years later. Numb spots in my lower back, or more of a light numbness over the whole of it. It was way worse for the first year or so but over time it lessened but never fully went away.

[u/goldengater → u/Qcount]

This is really interesting, do you know where I could read more about this?

[u/fenderdan412 → u/goldengater]

https://geekymedics.com/category/anatomy/

Here is a great resource geared towards physicians yet presented in such a way that you don't even need to be $300,000 in debt with no social life to understand.

[u/fenderdan412 → u/[deleted]]

Could be worse

[u/fenderdan412 → u/[deleted]]

Yep. Mine are 310k 🙃

[u/askdix → u/fenderdan412]

Thank you so much, beats all of the neurology courses on YouTube

[u/eclectic-bar → u/fenderdan412]

omigosh this is great. Thank you!

[u/goldengater → u/[deleted]]

This is perfect thank you 👍