First treatment for spinal cord injury imminent
Voxy.co.nz is reporting that the New Zealand Spinal Cord Association has developed a nerve transfer technique that has been given the green light for use as a standard procedure to help a spinal cord patient. The procedure, which takes nerve cells from the nose (the only brain cells exposed to the outside environment) and transplants them to the damage point in the patient. Very few side effects have been reported in trials in Portugal, Japan, Italy and China. The patients have reported that they now have bowel control and have better control over their arms and legs. This is the best news on the fight against paralysis since work was started in using stem cells to try and repair problems with a spinal cord. Because there are few side effects, this technique will become better as more is learned on exactly the best place to insert the nerve cells and how many cells are necessary to gain a medical benefit.
The spinal cord injury family can finally breathe a sigh of relief that all the research on damage to the spinal column is producing results. There have been may false starts with surgeries that produced cancer or increased pain without the patient gaining any addition mobility. This report is different. This is very exciting news that a technique has made it past clinical trials and is shown to be both effective and safe. For those that want to dive in right away, we recommend to contact the association directly to find out how to get in line for the procedure. There are probably many things that would make certain patients better or worse for this procedure so keep that in mind. Depending on your particular damage, you may not get enough of a change to warrant the surgery. If you are a paraplegic or quad any increase in mobility would be greatly appreciated and helpful. We know that many would like to have basic bathroom functionality fixed so that we can get away from straight cathing== and bowel programs that take a long time in the morning and can create kidney infections.
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