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May 16, 2012 05:05 am

Paralyzed Man Regains Hand Function After Breakthrough Nerve Rewiring Procedure


An anonymous reader writes "A 71-year-old man who became paralyzed from the waist down and lost all use of both hands in a 2008 car accident has regained motor function in his fingers after doctors rewired his nerves to bypass the damaged ones in a pioneering surgical procedure, according to a case study published on Tuesday."

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