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Detail of nerves near the arm amputation site of patient Alfred Tennione as he is operated on my Dr. Gregory Dumanian at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. The surgery, under the supervision of Dr. Todd Kuiken MD PhD of Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, is to rewire nerves near the amputation site to allow Tennione better control over a computerized, motorized artificial arm he will receive. Tennione lost his arm in January 2003 working at the railroad switchyard in Gary, Indiana when he tripped and fell between railroad cars. ...Tennione's surgery will involve rerouting nerve endings and grafting them into four separate regions of muscle. Electrical signals from these muscles or EMGs will be used to control a Boston Digital Arm..
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