Pioneering nerve surgery for paralysis patients

[Still Waters]

Patients with complete paralysis have been given fresh hope after a pioneering new nerve surgery helped restore movement in hands and elbows.

Australian surgeons were able to attach nerves connected to working muscles just above the spinal injury, to nerves attached to the paralysed muscle below it.

The working nerves were able to "reanimate" the paralysed muscle in people with tetraplegia, the paralysis of the upper and lower limbs.

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-05/paralysis-patients-given-fresh-hope-after-breakthrough-new-nerve-surgery-restores-hand-and-arm-movement/