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Inside Out North East and Cumbria - Cerebral palsy

Following a 10-year-old boy's trip to America to undertake a controversial operation to treat his cerebral palsy that may also leave him paralysed.

Mitchell's parents thought they had exhausted all the options for treating their son but then came across a procedure called selective dorsal rhizotomy to treat spasticity in people with cerebral palsy.

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