"And like the broader American citizenry, the American Muslim community is one of extraordinary dynamism and diversity - with families that stretch back generations and more recent immigrants;
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However, America's ties to this city -- and to this country -- stretch back further, to the earliest days of America's independence.
By taking a piece of the sural nerve--a long, straight stretch of nerve that runs alongside the back of the calf and ankle--and stitching it into the pelvis between the severed cavernosal nerves, surgeons say they are able to preserve erectile function in patients who have had one or both nerves severed.