Diseases and Conditions

It Takes Nerve

A daring sciatic nerve repair saves solider's leg

Two weeks into his tour of duty in Iraq near the Syrian border, 23 year old Derrick Goodrich was struck by a bullet from close range - an accidental discharge from a gun behind him.

And so it was that Hopkins neurosurgeon Allan Belzberg, M.D., tried a gutsy approach to restoring sciatic nerve function.

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