The extent and duration of the effects of a lumbar epidural steroid injection suggest that patients who receive multiple injections may be at particular risk for skeletal problems.
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and bad meaning, you know, probably a 95% to 97% chance that i ll have nothing below my neck. reporter: so, lifetime of no movement. exactly. reporter: but with rehab, hope. things were looking good, until he plateaued six months in and the recovery stopped. but then, chris was accepted into an innovative trial led by dr. mohamad bydon at the mayo clinic in minnesota. chris would be patient number one. patient number one? yeah. reporter: there s got to be some anxieties associated with that. none. none. you ve got to understand, you ve got absolutely nothing to lose. reporter: dr. bydon s team took stem cells from chris s own stomach fat and injected them into his spinal cord to promote regeneration and recovery. after we treated him, the improvements started to come quickly. it was fast. it was fast. i felt it going in. i felt it in my legs. i hadn t felt anything in my legs for you know, for almost a year. all right. you ready? reporter: wow. and we were the