Dr. Damien Dauphinee, a board-certified foot and ankle surgeon, and Dr. Raafae Hussain, fellowship trained foot and ankle surgeon, walk through peripheral nerve injury and provide a general overview of some of the different classifications of nerve injury. They discuss some of the tests they conduct for nerve injuries and treatment options.

QUOTES:

“If you’ve got a motor injury, you’ve got up to a year to do something, but realistically, you have nine to ten months.” -Dr. Damien Dauphinee [12:44]

“So our different treatment options for all of these, they’re all different. That’s the downside of this, because every injury needs a specific type of repair.” -Dr. Raafae Hussain [24:52]

Top Takeaways:

• The two major parts of the nervous system and where they meet
• The different classification of nerve injury
• An overview of Wallerian degeneration
• Common types of reflect tests they conduct in office
• Treatment options

What You Will Learn:

• [00:40] Intro
• [02:21] Two major parts of the nervous system
• [05:59] What a nerve looks like in cross section
• [07:44] Different classification of nerve injury
• [12:01] An overview of Wallerian degeneration
• [13:08] Some of the tests they do in office
• [24:52] Treatment options
• [30:35] Outro

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Book Mentioned: Saving Limbs, Saving Lives: Advanced Treatments for Preventing Amputations in Diabetic Populations by Dr. Damien Dauphinee