Chinese man's hand grafted to ankle until it could be reattached to wrist
A Chinese man's severed hand was saved by grafting it to his ankle temporarily, British media report.
After Xiao Wei lost his right hand in an industrial accident, doctors from the Changsha region kept the hand alive by stitching it to his left ankle. Leg arteries were used as a blood supply.
Photo agency Rex Features reported that a month later, surgeons were
able able to replant the hand back on his arm after it recovered, BBC
News said.
Xiao told the agency that since he is still young, he "couldn't imagine life without a right hand." The injury occurred in Changde in Hunan Province.
Cairian Healy, of the Royal College of Surgeons in England, told BBC News that severed body parts can be reattached elsewhere on the body, but areas with a better blood supply, such as the armpit, are generally preferred to the ankle.
After Xiao Wei lost his right hand in an industrial accident, doctors from the Changsha region kept the hand alive by stitching it to his left ankle. Leg arteries were used as a blood supply.
Severed
body parts can be reattached elsewhere on the body, but usually to
areas with a better blood supply than the ankle, BBC News reports. (BBC
News)
Xiao told the agency that since he is still young, he "couldn't imagine life without a right hand." The injury occurred in Changde in Hunan Province.
Cairian Healy, of the Royal College of Surgeons in England, told BBC News that severed body parts can be reattached elsewhere on the body, but areas with a better blood supply, such as the armpit, are generally preferred to the ankle.
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