Weird: Man's Hand Grafted To His Ankle To Keep It Alive While He Waits For Surgery (Photo)

                 

A Chinese man Xiao Wei, of China's Hunan province, had his right hand grafted to his ankle for more than a month following an accident. In order to keep the hand from dying, doctors grafted it to the man's ankle.
He severed the hand at work in November, it was reported. His co-workers were able to retrieve the hand, which doctors said they would be able to reattach. "Besides ripping injuries, his arm was also flattened. We had to clear and treat his injuries before taking on the hand reattachment surgery," a doctor said, according to the.

                 
Doctors were able to successfully reattach the hand, and he is expected to regain full use of the appendage. In an even more bizarre body part mash-up, in August Chinese doctors were able to grow a nose on the forehead of a man who lost his first one in a car accident.

A man whose right hand was severed in an industrial accident had it sewn to his ankle for a month while he waited to undergo reattachment surgery.

Doctors at a local hospital initially told Xiao Wei that they would not be able to save his hand, which was cut off by a machine at work on 10 November.
                 
Speaking about the accident near Changde in Hunan Province, China, Mr Xiao said “I was just shocked and frozen at the spot, until co-workers unplugged the machine and retrieved my hand and took me to the hospital.

“I am still young, and I couldn't imagine life without a right hand.”

Mr Xiao was referred to a larger regional hospital in Changsha, and arrived seven hours after his accident to find there was hope for his hand yet.

He was told that reattachment surgery could be successful – but only after the rest of his right arm had recovered. In order to keep the hand alive during the wait, doctors said they had no choice but to graft it onto his ankle.

                      

They told Rex Features: “His injury was severe. Besides ripping injuries, his arm was also flattened.

“We had clear and treat his injuries before taking on the hand reattachment surgery.”

On 10 December it was decided Mr Xiao had recovered enough for the hand to be reattached. Doctors said the surgery went well, and though he will need to undergo several other operations they are hopeful he will regain full operation of the hand.








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