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

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Posted by Unknown Lamer on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:30PM 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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Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

by GodfatherofSoul ( 174979 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:36PM (#39408653)

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

Quite... (Score:5, Funny)

by Quartus486 ( 935104 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:39PM (#39408687)

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

no more puns for you, (Score:5, Funny)

by Eponymous Hero ( 2090636 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:41PM (#39408695)

you're cut off.

Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @07:59PM (#39408839)

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Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:05PM (#39408891)

Remember: practice on a hot-dog first.

Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

by loufoque ( 1400831 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:41PM (#39409101)

Signing without a functioning hand?

Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

by Dahamma ( 304068 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:57PM (#39409181)

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

Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

by Dahamma ( 304068 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @09:56PM (#39409517)

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

Re:no more puns for you, (Score:4, Funny)

by SomePgmr ( 2021234 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:19PM (#39409603) Homepage

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

Re:Sounds good. (Score:3, Funny)

by FunkDup ( 995643 ) writes: on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:23PM (#39409633)

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

Does it perchance... (Score:5, Funny)

by Brad1138 ( 590148 ) writes: <brad1138@yahoo.com> on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:41PM (#39409751)

Cost 6 million dollars?

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Re:Sounds good. (Score:5, Funny)

Quite... (Score:5, Funny)

no more puns for you, (Score:5, Funny)

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Does it perchance... (Score:5, Funny)

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