Paralyzed from the waist down regained feeling in his legs – Interia

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He was paralyzed from the waist down. With doctors from Wroclaw regained feeling in his legs. This is the first such case in the world. Specialists in the development of treatments collaborated with colleagues from the UK. Doctors admit that it is an opportunity for other people with spinal cord interrupted.

Man before surgery did not move his legs

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In the case of 40-year-old Lower Silesia method is checked. Doctors admit, however, that prior to the revolution in medicine need to perform additional procedures in other patients. Only positive effects in these individuals would guarantee that the method is effective.

– Before the operation the patient was affected limb. He felt and he did not move his legs. He moved only by truck. Currently, the patient is able to control the movement of the lower limbs. He can not run or walk, but it’s an improvement. You feel your legs. He can change trains from wheelchair to wheelchair. Get in the car. It’s using a walker – admits team leader Dr. Paul Tabakov.

Wroclaw team of doctors from scratch has developed the ability to use previously developed method. The process has been modified and adapted to the conditions of operation of the spinal cord in humans. Doctors acquired olfactory bulb cells from a patient on the base of the skull. Later, they were amplified by specialists. Finally went to the core.

– Imagine the spinal cord as two cables that were disconnected. There is no conduction between them. As a result of our therapy and bypass the cut cables and cell transplantation bring to conductivity. Proper conduction of nerve impulses causes the patient regains muscle control – explains Tabakov.

The patient regained control of his limbs. But this is not one hundred percent healing. The man is still waiting for a long rehabilitation.

Bartek Paulus