Daily mail writes
Victims of chronic back pain were offered fresh hope with news of successful”spinal transplant”surgery. Spinal discs from accident victims were transplated into patients with disc degeneration in the cervical spine,the area nearest the neck. All reported improvements in their mobility and areduction in symptoms such as weakness of legs and bladder.
Victims of chronic back pain were offered fresh hope with news of successful”spinal transplant”surgery. Spinal discs from accident victims were transplated into patients with disc degeneration in the cervical spine,the area nearest the neck. All reported improvements in their mobility and areduction in symptoms such as weakness of legs and bladder.
A report in Lancent says the pioneering treatment carried out in China offers hope for thousands of sufferers of severe disc problems particularly young people.
The disc transplantation was carried out by doctors at the Navy General Hospital, Beijing and the University of Hongkong. Although disc transplants have been carried out in primates, it is first time doctors have reported such surgery in humans. The Chinese doctors used 13 discs, which were frozen and thawed out prior to transplant. With in three months, the donor discs had successfully bedded in with existing spinal disc tissue.
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