Surviving A Spike Through the Head
Miraculously, the rod was successfully removed by doctors, and Gage survived. Unfortunately, he experienced obvious personality changes, and eventually died eleven years later after suffering from increasingly severe seizures..
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Man Survives Steel Bar Through Chest
Twenty-two-year-old Supratim Dutta defied all odds when he survived being impaled by a 5 foot long, two inch thick iron bar. Dutta was impaled when his driver lost control of the car he was riding in and smashed into a barricade.
Miraculously, the iron bar missed all vital organs, and surgeons were able to remove it। Dutta was released from the hospital just two weeks later and made a full recovery.
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Implanted Electrodes Wake Man After 6 Years
A serious assault left a man in a near-vegetative state for six years, until a medical team inserted electrodes into his brain with miraculous results. The man, who had previously been unable to swallow, communicate or make coordinated movements of any kind, was suddenly able to talk, feed himself and interact with his family. The man experienced almost immediate improvement when the electrodes were stimulated, and now they turn on and off every 12 hours to give him a normal sleep-wake cycle.
The electrodes were used to stimulate the thalamus, an important region deep within the brain। This form of deep brain stimulation has been used to treat Parkinsons disease, but it had never been used before to treat a patient with this type of brain damage.
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Brain With Leaky Veins Fixed with Superglue
17-month-old Ella-Grace Honeyman was born with a rare malformation of the blood vessels in the brain called Vein of Galen Malformation. The malformation causes high pressures in the vein of Galen, resulting in aneurysms. In Ella-Grace, news reports state that the high pressure caused blood to leak into her brain and resulted in the formation of a potentially fatal aneurysm.
The condition is so rare, that the toddler had to be taken first to France, and then to the United States for treatment। She underwent surgery that plugged the tiny holes in her blood vessels with a type of medical superglue. While she will still need more operations in the future, doctors say Ella-Grace will now be able to live a long and healthy life.
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Four armed and legged Lakshmi survives surgery
A team of doctors were assembled, and they performed 27 hour surgery to remove the limbs, kidney and spinal cord from her twin। Then they re-oriented the girl's genital system and bladder, and closed her pelvis. Lakshmi made a miraculous recovery, and just three months after her operation, she was able to walk with a walker.
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Man Walks Again After Being Chopped in Half
Peng Shulin's body was literally cut in half when he was hit by a lorry over a decade ago. It took a team of 20 medical professionals to save Peng's life, a feat which was a miracle in itself. Unfortunately though, Peng was left bedridden. Then, doctors at the China Rehabilitation Research Center in Beijing came up with a plan to restore Peng's mobility.
They designed him an eggcup shaped device with two artificial legs attached to it, enabling the determined man to walk again with the aid of a walker।
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A First-Time Mother at 70
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Miracle Through a Magnet
A car crash left Josh Villa in a vegetative state for three years, until he was virtually jolted out of his coma using a technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). TMS stimulates the brain using magnetic fields produced by an electromagnetic coil placed on the patient's scalp.
Previously, doctors have used TMS to treat depression, Parkinsons disease, stroke and migraine। The magnet sends a charge to the portion of the brain that works to signal the rest of the brain to wake up. Villa, who was given these treatments as a last resort, awakened after 15 treatment sessions. Unfortunately, after a total of 30 treatments, the sessions were stopped and Villa regressed. He was given more therapy, but is home now. Although he isn't back to normal, he is able to communicate and even express emotions.
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A Key in the Eye
Nicholas Holderman was only 17-months-old when he became the victim of a freak accident that nearly robbed him of his sight. Nicholas was playing with his two brothers when he fell and landed on a set of keys. His parents were horrified when they realized that one of the keys had gotten lodged in his eye.
Nicholas was rushed to the emergency room, and his eye was immediately operated upon। Miraculously, he only spent only 6 days in the hospital, and just three months later, his vision was completely normal!
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Man Survives Being Stabbed Through Head
Kristie McNealy M.D.is a medical doctor turned freelance writer and medical blogger. You can find her blogging about women's and children's health at www.KristieMcNealy.com.
