Italian Man Might Regain Use of Hand after Nerve Operation — VOA Learning English
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A man in Italy might regain the use of his hand after having a new kind of medical operation.
Doctors in northern Italy said the surgery used a nerve from the man’s partly amputated leg to repair a damaged nerve in his hand. His hand became paralyzed after a severe driving accident.
Surgeons at Turin City Hospital took part of the man's sciatic nerve from his leg. That is the nerve which helps control movement in the foot. The doctors transferred part of the man’s sciatic nerve to his brachial plexus. That is a network of nerves connecting the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm, and hand.
"It’s the first time that someone [has transferred] a component of the sciatic nerve to the brachial…
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