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Updated On: 14 November, 2009 07:26 AM IST | | Agencies
Ged Galvin was fitted with a 'Bionic Bottom' after he suffered massive internal injuries in 2005 accident
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Ged Galvin was fitted with a 'Bionic Bottom' after he suffered massive internal injuries in 2005 accident
A man whose bowel was ruined in a motorbike crash is able to use a remote control to go to the toilet after doctors fitted him with a "bionic bottom".
Ged Galvin (55) was given just hours to live by doctors after he was "'ripped in half" by his motorcycle fuel tank when a car suddenly pulled out in front of him.
He suffered internal injuries and had to be fitted with a colostomy bag until surgeons performed a complex operation to rebuild his bowel.
They took a muscle from above his knee, wrapped it around his sphincter and attached electrodes to the nerves, which are operated by remote control.
A man whose bowel was ruined in a motorbike crash is able to use a remote control to go to the toilet after doctors fitted him with a "bionic bottom".
Ged Galvin (55) was given just hours to live by doctors after he was "'ripped in half" by his motorcycle fuel tank when a car suddenly pulled out in front of him.
He suffered internal injuries and had to be fitted with a colostomy bag until surgeons performed a complex operation to rebuild his bowel.
They took a muscle from above his knee, wrapped it around his sphincter and attached electrodes to the nerves, which are operated by remote control.
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