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Woman Wants To Replace Her Non-functioning Hand With a Bionic Prosthesis

Posted by Unknown on from the just-inject-techno-organic-virus-instead dept.

erice writes about the case of Nicola Wilding: "Injured in crash which damaged the nerves in her arm, she has reached the limits that can what be accomplished with nerve transplants. She can move her arm but doctors have given up hope of restoring use of her hand. So she wants doctors to amputate the hand and replace it with a bionic version that does work." The doctor, Oskar C. Aszmann, first performed a similar operation last year.

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  1. Re:Sounds good. by GodfatherofSoul · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's the first step to being consumed by the Dark Side.

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  2. Quite... by Quartus486 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..the hand-decap then. Would someone just lend the poor woman a hand already?

  3. no more puns for you, by Eponymous+Hero · · Score: 5, Funny

    you're cut off.

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    1. Re:no more puns for you, by Gaygirlie · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh, you're just getting on his nerves now.

    2. Re:no more puns for you, by SomePgmr · · Score: 3, Funny

      I could count the funny jokes in this thread on one hand.

  4. Re:Sounds good. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Remember: practice on a hot-dog first.

  5. Re:Sounds good. by loufoque · · Score: 4, Funny

    Signing without a functioning hand?

  6. Re:Sounds good. by Dahamma · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least the world won't have to worry about your genes propagating...

  7. Re:Sounds good. by Dahamma · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, at least the world won't have to worry about your genes propagating....

  8. Re:Sounds good. by FunkDup · · Score: 3, Funny

    What you've really got to worry about is a voice activated bionic hand. Be absolutely sure that you never say "Fuck me dead!"

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  9. Does it perchance... by Brad1138 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Cost 6 million dollars?

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