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As far as I can tell, this is the paper [1]. It was published a little over twelve months ago, so that's a pretty big lag before the news article. Was there per
by joeyo 12y ago
As far as I can tell, this is the paper [1]. It was published a little over twelve months ago, so that's a pretty big lag before the news article. Was there perhaps a follow-up that I missed?
1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24007776 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24007776
- alexbate 12y agoYeah - kind of. The BBC's Panorama show (kind of linked to BBC News, but long documentaries) has had special access to his rehabilitation over the last year, that special airs tonight.
- jtheory 12y agoThe operation itself was two years ago, but then it's taken 2 years of physical therapy (and just healing time...) before it's become clear how successful it was. So there's no single moment when this becomes "newsworthy"; but I'd assume that as of recently, the patient is walking at a level that's sufficiently impressive for a newscast, and so today's the day.