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Subject Personal trainer left paralysed in one leg after being mutilated by a boat propeller regains movement after world-first procedure to regrow a thr

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A personal trainer whose leg was mutilated by a boat propeller has regained some movement because of pioneering treatment.

Danielle Crease, from Miami, almost died when she jumped into the water and was hit by another boat in the horrific accident six years ago.

The boat's propeller tore the 31-year-old's Achilles and severed her sciatic nerve, leaving her paralysed from the knee down in her left leg.

Doctors warned her she may never regain sensation. However, they offered her a life-changing nerve graft, thought to be the first of its kind.

In the experimental procedure, which had to be cleared by Government officials before it was attempted, surgeons grew the severed nerve before implanting it.

And despite still not having any sensation in her left leg, Mrs Crease is now able to move the limb

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