[Epholys]

It's really heartwarming to have progress in this field of medicine! I feel anxious just imagining being unable to move my arms.

But there's a catch:

> Despite these achievements, nerve transfer surgery still has some limitations. For the best results nerve transfers should ideally be performed within 6-12 months of injury.

I hope this method will progress to have a much longer span of time allowing this surgery.

[arkades]

Th limitation is due to changes in the distribution of receptors on the muscle, and the muscles health, once it loses neuro stimulation.

Progress here is something I’m very optimistic about.

[dsfyu404ed]

>I hope this method will progress to have a much longer span of time allowing this surgery.

I think it becoming cheap/common enough that 6-12mo is not a limitation in practice would be a far better outcome.

[Filligree]

The problem isn't with treating new injuries. There are a lot of paraplegics in the world today who were injured a long time ago, and it would be nice to fix them...

A much harder problem, I'm afraid.