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PostSubject: Paralysed man with a completely severed spinal cord walks again after world-first surgery    Paralysed man with a completely severed spinal cord walks again after world-first surgery   Icon_minitimeWed 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.

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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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