Andrea Walks After Paralysis: "I Didn't Remember Being so Tall"

Andrea Scotti, 34 years old from Ceto (Bs), is the protagonist of an intervention with implant of a medullary neurostimulator that returned the movement, carried out at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan: "First case in the world with that spinal cord injury"

Marek was a cheerful and active boy who loved football and enjoyed studying languages. But then came viral encephalitis, which left him completely paralyzed within a few days. Doctors subsequently diagnosed Marek with a rare “locked-in syndrome.” He is fully conscious, understands, feels, remembers, but cannot move a single muscle in his body except his eyes. Despite his serious health condition, he continues to study and inspire those around hi…

A 33-year-old man who had become paraplegic because of a traumatic spinal injury managed to walk again, with the help of a walker and a disposition...