Pawel Tabakow

Pawel Tabakow is a Polish neurosurgeon who is known for prepared and performing the operation that allowed Darek Fidyka to recover sensory and motor function after the complete severing of his spinal cord.[1][2][3][4] Tabakow has claimed that an Indian ambassador and other people from round the world have contacted him about performing similar treatments.[5]

Biography

Dr Pawel Tabakow is a Polish neurosurgeon,[6] and is the son of Bulgarian mathematician Iwan Tabakow. He works in Department of Neurosurgery at Wroclaw Medical University, and works at Wroclaw University Hospital.[6] He led the Polish research team for Darek Fidyka's operation.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "To walk again - the people behind the story". BBC News.
  2. ↑ "Paralyzed man recovers some function following transplantation of OECs and nerve bridge". EurekAlert!. 20 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Ben Quinn. "Paralysed man Darek Fidyka walks again after pioneering surgery". the Guardian.
  4. ↑ Tabakow, P; Jarmundowicz, W; Czapiga, B; Fortuna, W; Miedzybrodzki, R; Czyz, M; Huber, J; Szarek, D; Okurowski, S; Szewczyk, P; Gorski, A; Raisman, G (2013). "Transplantation of autologous olfactory ensheathing cells in complete human spinal cord injury". Cell Transplantation. 22 (9): 1591–612. doi:10.3727/096368912X663532. PMID 24007776.
  5. ↑ "Just two patients will get chance of 'spinal miracle'". The Times.
  6. 1 2 "UCL research helps paralysed man to recover function". ucl.ac.uk.
  7. ↑ "Professor Spends Over 30 Years Trying To Cure Paralysis After Being Mocked: Does It". We Are Change.


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