Two cats received bionic paws thanks to an innovative surgical technique

Hi-Tech Adina Camarasu
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Two Bulgarian cats with amputated legs have received a shot at a better life.

The animals were implanted ‘bionic paws’ by an innovative surgical method, performed in Europe for the first time.

Pooh, the cat, received by the means of the implantation technique, two artificial limbs after having lost its paws due to a train accident it suffered.

Now, the cat is able to walk and play like every other normal cat.

The implants are customized and secured to the leg the same way that the hoof grows through the skin covering the fingers.

One month after surgery, the operation is considered to be a major success, as stated the veterinarian who performed the surgery.

The second cat, named Stephen, had lost both its back legs. The cat has been implanted only one prosthesis until now, but it prepares for the second intervention which is to come.

The two animals touched by the grace of technology are able to walk again

Consequently, they are in a very good health state and they are looking for homes and kind masters.

Earlier in 2010, a similar intervention, totaling $ 50,000 has been performed on Oscar, a British cat. So, the cat became the first bionic-legged cat in the whole world.

During the intervention, that had lasted for four hours, the doctors have welded the bones of each leg in special prosthesis in order to encourage the cells to keep growing on the metal support.

Following the procedure, the skin develops and comes to be a sort of an umbrella, protecting the affected area from possible infections of the wound.