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May 21, 2011 ·
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Man volunteers for hand amputation
By T.K. RandallMay 21, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: Shadow Robot Company
A 26-year-old Australian man is to have his paralysed hand removed and replaced with a synthetic one.
The new bionic hand will be controlled by nerve signals in his own arm, allowing him to move it and manipulate objects for the first time in years. The patient ( known as "Milo" ) originally lost of the use of his hand in a motorcycle accident.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.
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