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Phrenic Nerve damage and paralyzed diaphragm: Anyone else have this?
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@dondon1 Another patient shared this information about a surgeon, Dr. Kaufman, who does a nerve graft to replace a damaged phrenic nerve for a paralyzed diaphragm. Here is a link to his practice and a paper he authored. I don't have experience with this, but wanted to pass along the information.
https://www.advancedreconstruction.com/find-care/surgeons/matthew-kaufman-md-facs-physician
"Phrenic nerve paralysis and phrenic nerve reconstruction surgery "
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36031309/
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Dr. Kaufman has an age limit of 67 for nerve graft patients, ie he won't consider you if you are older than this. I recently learned that he sometimes installs diaphram pacers when he does the grafts, which is pretty interesting.