Chinese man's severed hand saved by attaching it to his ankle

[Ayush]

BEIJING: Doctors in China kept a man's severed hand alive for a month by attaching it to his leg, before restoring it to its usual position, a report said Tuesday.

The 25-year-old, identified by his nickname Xiao Wei, had his right hand sawn off by a drilling machine at work last month in Changde, in the central province of Hunan, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald said.

The damage was too severe to re-attach the hand immediately, so surgeons in the provincial capital Changsha grafted it onto his lower leg, just above his Achilles tendon, to keep it alivewhile the healing process began.

Severed limbs can be saved if their blood supply is restored within several hours of theiramputation, depending on the circumstances.

Earlier this month, doctors removed the hand and successfully reattached it to Xiao Wei's arm in a nine-hour operation, said the newspaper.

He will have to go through several further operations and rehabilitation therapy to restore the limb's function, it added.

"It's just like building a house," the paper quoted Tang Juyu, Xiao Wei's primary doctor, as saying. "Currently the main body is established. There will have to be interior decorations in the future."

Chinese man's severed hand saved by attaching it to his ankle - The Times of India

 

[wolfschanzze]

Bravo, nice job done there,

 

[SQ8]

Thats like a car carrying a part around in the trunk till it can be reattached.

 

[W.11]

Thats like a car carrying a part around in the trunk till it can be reattached.

this guy is a born bio mechanic

 

[Alpha1]

Another marvel of modern science . Bravo

 

[Levina]

Oops that looks scary....but atleast the doctors saved his hand.

 

[armchairPrivate]

The surgery will cost him an arm and a leg.

 

[RescueRanger]

Amazing... I was very impressed when i read about this!

 

[KAL-EL]

Amazing... I was very impressed when i read about this!

Indeed! Very impressive

 

[A.Rafay]

Good for the guy! Amazing.

 

[RAMPAGE]

creepy

 

[Jf Thunder]

KILL THEM

 

[Ayush]

KILL THEM

who??

 

[neehar]

thats great.but im just curious will he able to control the hand which was attached to his leg??

 

[Avisheik]

I am awed and a little disgusted at the same time.

thats great.but im just curious will he able to control the hand which was attached to his leg??

I think if the nerves are connected properly, he should be able to move his hand(just a guess)