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When there is damage to the spinal nerve, why can't doctors reattach it like reattaching hands for inst ens?
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Change over time: Sometimes nerves can be reattached. It depends how long they have been injured. There are elements within nerves that are very small, these must be maintained for nerves to work in their normal fashion. They cannot be repaired surgically when they have been injured for a long time because they change on the inside after the injury.
Answered 5/18/2016
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