Surgeons amputate arms to fit bionic prosthetics

Published: 27 May 2011 y., Friday

In a world first, doctors in Austria have amputated the arms of two young men and replaced them with bionic prosthetics. The decision to amputate was made after the men had irreversibly lost all movement in their hands.

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