Weier Ding, aged 35, she drove home 12 years ago collided with another vehicle, so he instinctively cover their heads by hand, resulting in the arm and multiple fractures. After treatment, Weier Ding fractures healed, but no sign of improvement of brachial plexus injury in the neck to the arm, whole arm can not be active. To this end, the doctor giving her six surgeries, transplanted nerve from the thigh and chest. After intensive physiotherapy and hydrotherapy, her biceps recovery, but still has no feeling below the elbow. The right arm also often pain, the doctor speculated that this may be order led the brain signals can not pass due to the arm smoothly.
One day, led high bay she saw on television the story of the Austrian orthopedic surgeon Oscar Aspen Zeman patients installation bionic prosthetic Weier Ding said, “see the bionic hand, I immediately think, ‘I have a’ “she said,” I do not hesitate to hand I do not care about appearance, what it was like for me, after so many years, but also re-hand how incredible I want to live independently, to do the usual thing. ”
Wei Erding in London, called on Dr Aspen Zeman. May this year, she will travel to Vienna, Austria, for examination, test the strength of his right arm nerve signals. If the nerve signal is not sufficient to drive the bionic hand, the Weier Ding had to install a bionic forearm.
Install the bionic hand about £ 20,000 ($ 31,700), and may need replacement every ten years time, which for Wei Erding it is a small fortune in expenses. In addition, Aspen Zeman doctors previously only two people to install order led a bionic prosthetic risks inherent in this is not yet mature technology is self-evident.
Aspen Zeman doctor also said: “This is a risky decision, the surgery is irreversible. Hands resection removed, no longer security back.”
However, Wei Erding very firm, she said: “This is indeed a huge challenge, but I wish at all costs.”
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