Michael Schumacher health: Surgeon denies experimental methods –’I don’t perform miracles’

Last month Schumacher was reportedly taken to Pompidou hospital in southwest Paris to undergo treatment based on stem-cell transfusion by French surgeon Philippe Menasche. Professor Menasché, a pioneer of cell therapy, said there were no experiments involving Schumacher. Professor Menasché told Italian newspaper La Repubblica: “I do not work miracles. “My team is not experimenting with him.”

Meanwhile, a nurse at the French hospital reportedly confirmed Schumacher was showing signs of recovery.

A nurse told Le Parisien: “Yes he is in my service. And I can assure you that he is conscious.”

Professor Menasché was the first surgeon to conduct heart stem cell transplants and said there has been “great progress” over the past 20 years.

He added: “It’s true that I was the first to do heart stem cell transplants, but the clinical trial cycle ended two years ago.

“There has been great progress in the last twenty years, but the truth is that we still know little.”

Few details about the health of the racing legend have been made public following a skiing accident almost six years ago.

Schumacher suffered serious head injuries during an incident in the French Alps on December 29, 2013.

The German motor-racing star was placed in a medically-induced coma for six months after the accident.

He was later transferred for further rehabilitation at the University of Lausanne before being moved to his home in Switzerland.

The seven-time F1 world champion turned 50 in January and his family gave a rare health update.

In a post on Instagram, the family wrote: “Please understand if we are following Michael’s wishes and keeping such a sensitive subject as health, as it has always been, in privacy.”

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Mr Brawn added: “Michael has always been a very private person and that’s been a guiding principle in his career, his life and his family always agreed with that choice.

“It’s completely understandable that Corinna has wanted to maintain the same approach, even after the tragic event, and it’s a decision we must all respect.

“I’m sure the millions of people who are still Michael fans will understand it, too.”

(Additional reporting by Monika Pallenberg & Maria Ortega)

source: express.co.uk