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| Subject: Paralysed man with a completely severed spinal cord walks again after world-first surgery Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:04 am | |
| In 2010, an assailant attacked Darek Fidyka with a knife, repeatedly stabbing the bald, broad firefighter in the back, and altered his life forever. One of the strikes cleanly sliced through Fidyka's mid-spine. Doctors at the time told the Bulgarian there was only a one per cent chance he would recover. He had lost all motor and sensory control over his legs.
Fidyka went into intensive physiotherapy, but nothing worked. He showed no signs of recovery.
But now, following a surgery scientists hail as a "breakthrough" and a world first, life has changed for the 38-year-old Fidyka. He can walk with a frame, drive and live with greater independence.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/paralysed-man-with-a-completely-severed-spinal-cord-walks-again-after-worldfirst-surgery-20141022-119lpt.html#ixzz3GqpNF200 |
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