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Child with AFM receives one-of-a-kind surgery

A doctor in St. Louis has performed a unique operation on a young boy with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM), a rare, polio-like condition found most often in children. He's 8 now, but was 7 when he had surgery. Adriana Diaz talked with Dr. Amy Moore and with her patient, Brandon Noblitt, about the surgery that allowed him to walk again.
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