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March 20, 2012 12:05 am

Woman Wants To Replace Her Non-functioning Hand With a Bionic Prosthesis


erice writes about the case of Nicola Wilding: "Injured in crash which damaged the nerves in her arm, she has reached the limits that can what be accomplished with nerve transplants. She can move her arm but doctors have given up hope of restoring use of her hand. So she wants doctors to amputate the hand and replace it with a bionic version that does work."The doctor, Oskar C. Aszmann, first performed a similar operation last year.

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