Los Angeles Plastic Surgery

Surgical Innovations of Abbott Krieger, MD

For patients left paralyzed from a spinal cord health problem in the cervical or neck area, breathing is a constant challenge that threatens one’s independence, emotional well being and condition. For the first time, a procedure is available to regenerate the flyblown phrenic nerve, which cues the diaphragm to move the lungs.
Abbott Krieger, MD, a neurosurgeon …more »

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