A 27-year-old man named Matt Partington experienced sudden weakness and wobbliness in his legs, leading to the discovery of a rare spinal blood vessel abnormality. Despite surgery aiming for a complete success, he suffered a spinal cord injury resulting in paralysis from the waist down.
A fit young man who suddenly noticed his legs felt “weak” and “wobbly” has been left paralysed from the waist down after having surgery for a rare spinal abnormality. Matt Partington, 27, who lived in Crystal Palace, south London, and has now moved back in with his parents, Nick and Roisin, both 59, on the Isle of Wight, first experienced strange sensations in his legs in February. He said they were “weak and wobbly” and it felt like “50% of the muscles had been sucked out”.
After visiting his GP and going to A&E at King’s College Hospital in London for an MRI scan in July, it was discovered Matt had a rare blood vessel abnormality in his spine called spinal arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Matt underwent spinal surgery the following month and, while he was warned of the risks the operation posed, he said his surgeon told him it “would be a complete success”. However, when he awoke, he discovered he was paralysed from the surgery site downwards because of a spinal cord injury. While physiotherapy has allowed Matt to regain small movements in his left leg, left foot and right toes, it is “too early to tell” if he will ever make a full recovery and walk again. A statement from King’s College Hospital said they will monitor his progress and he “may continue to regain function in his legs”. Matt now uses a wheelchair and the ordeal has prompted him to launch a GoFundMe page to help fundraise for neurological physiotherapy and equipment, raising more than £11,000 to date. “The symptoms I’d been having were probably set in stone due to the nerve damage but in terms of the operation, they thought it would be a complete success,” Matt told PA Real Lif
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