Nerve transfer surgery helps pediatric patients walk again

(By Harrison Cook for Becker’s Hospital Review)

When 8-year-old Brandon Noblitt became wheelchair bound in 2016 due to acute flaccid myelitis, his options seemed limited, but  Amy Moore, MD, plastic and reconstructive surgeon at St. Louis-based Washington University, created a nerve transplant surgery that allowed Brandon to walk again, according to CBS.  Continue reading article here…

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