Monday, November 10, 2008

Rerouting urinary nerves may help spina bifida (AP)

Janice Kraser sits next to her nine-year-old son Billy Kraser at their Scranton, Pa., home Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008, at his computer where his dose his school work. Billy Kraser has spina bifida and has undergone an experimental surgery which reroutes his nerves in attempt to attain normal bladder and bowel function. (AP Photo/Jimmy May)AP - It's a delicate and daring experiment: Could doctors switch a leg nerve to make it operate the bladder instead? Families of a few U.S. children whose spina bifida robs them of the bladder control that most people take for granted dared to try the procedure — and early results suggest the surgery indeed may help, in at least some patients.


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