| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (55 min., 55 sec.)) : sound, color |
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Loren's Story (5:06) -- Complications from a Stabbing (2:41) -- Michael's Story (3:33) -- Search for Solutions (3:23) -- Nerve Transfers (2:40) -- Time is Muscle (1:55) -- "Orphaned" Nerve Surgery (3:05) -- What's an EMG Test? (2:53) -- Chelsey's Story (4:24) -- Positive Results (3:36) -- Developing Nerve Transfer Surgery (4:20) -- Tom's Story (3:21) -- Improving Combat Injury Outcomes (2:48) -- Jerice's Story (2:57) -- Rehabilitation Process (2:30) -- Advancing Peripheral Nerve Injury Outcomes (5:18) -- Credits: A Spark Of Nerve (1:15) |
| Summary |
Loren was fifteen when nerves in her neck were severed in a stabbing. The neurosurgeon said her arm would never move again. Michael, an Illinois attorney faced a similar diagnosis after a freak accident embedded a chain saw into his neck, paralyzing his arm. Eighteen-year-old Chelsey survived a horrific car accident in St. Louis, but her arm was also useless. None of these patients were willing to accept paralysis or worse, possible amputation. Dr. Susan E. Mackinnon's pioneering work in peripheral nerve transfer surgery is restoring movement to limbs that many doctors believe to be permanently paralyzed. She is also creating a teaching website to share her groundbreaking surgical "recipes" with surgeons around the world. This film is a story of personal triumph and medical innovation- inspiring those suffering from nerve injuries to seek out doctors who can perform these life changing surgeries |
| Notes |
Originally released by Magic Lantern Media, 2016 |
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Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on October 25, 2016 |
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9 & up |
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Closed-captioned |
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Title from distributor's description (Films Media Group, November 16, 2016) |
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Nervous system -- Regeneration.
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Nervous system -- Surgery.
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Nervous system -- Surgery.
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Nervous system -- Regeneration.
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| Genre/Form |
Internet videos.
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Internet videos.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Films Media Group, film distributor.
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Magic Lantern Media.
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