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Thread ID: 118092	2011-05-19 04:26:00	Elective Amputation / Bionic Man / Skywalker(s)	Cato (6936)	PC World Chat

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1203250	2011-05-19 04:26:00	. bbc . co . uk/news/science-environment-13273348" target="_blank">www . bbc . co . uk An Austrian man has voluntarily had his hand amputated so he can be fitted with a bionic limb . The patient, called "Milo", aged 26, lost the use of his right hand in a motorcycle accident a decade ago . After his stump heals in several weeks' time, he will be fitted with a bionic hand which will be controlled by nerve signals in his own arm . The surgery is the second such elective amputation to be performed by Viennese surgeon Professor Oskar Aszmann . The patient, a Serbian national who has lived in Austria since childhood, suffered injuries to a leg and shoulder when he skidded off his motorcycle and smashed into a lamppost in 2001 while on holiday in Serbia . Milo used a hybrid hand before deciding on the operation While the leg healed, what is called a "brachial plexus" injury to his right shoulder left his right arm paralysed . Nerve tissue transplanted from his leg by Professor Aszmann restored movement to his arm but not to his hand . A further operation involving the transplantation of muscle and nerve tissue into his forearm also failed to restore movement to the hand, but it did at least boost the electric signals being delivered from his brain to his forearm, signals that could be used to drive a bionic hand . I guess this is Star Wars in real life, but in this case, I think it's quite strange that one would do that . It's amazing how science fiction has become science fact so fast . I hope it works well for him .	Cato (6936)
1203251	2011-05-19 06:28:00	An Austrian man has voluntarily had his hand amputated so he can be fitted with a bionic limb. The patient, called "Milo", aged 26, lost the use of his right hand in a motorcycle accident a decade ago. a "brachial plexus" injury to his right shoulder left his right arm paralysed. . hardly just deciding to chop your hand off, like they make out.	pctek (84)
1203252	2011-05-19 06:33:00	hardly just deciding to chop your hand off, like they make out. From what I saw of it on BBC he did have some (limited and imprecise) use of hand. And there was a very small chance that further operations could restore more, however it would take years, several operations with no guarantees.	Cato (6936)
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