ABSTRACT
Previously,hand-surgeons made great advancements and pioneering surgeries such as thumb reconstruction,flap transplantation surgery.Under the leadership of professor Yu-dong GU,we put forward several surgical strategies to treat the brachial plexus injury including the widely-used contralateral cervical 7 (CC7) nerve root transfer surgery.Now our department is one of the leading centers in treating peripheral nerve injury disease worldwide.During the past 10 years,we focused on the brain plasticity research in brachial plexus injury patients and revealed the reorganization pattern of sensorimotor cortex after the CC7 nerve root transfer surgery.Our study indicated the potential of one hemisphere in controlling bilateral upper limb and we further applied this conclusion in treating hemiplegic paralysis patients.In the past 10 years,we applied basic research findings in clinical practice and expanded the indication of CC7 nerve transfer surgery.By making innovations we keep making progress.