PHOTO: Doctors graft man's hand to his LEG for a month to keep it alive

Photo: Rex


Chinese doctors successfully re-attached a man's severed hand, after it was grafted to his ankle for a month to keep it alive.

Xiao Wei's right hand was severed after it was caught in machinery in a work accident on November 10.

He said: "I was just shocked and frozen at the spot, until co-workers unplugged the machine and retrieved my hand and took me to hospital."

He was rushed to his local hospital in Changde, where doctors said they wouldn't be able to save his hand.


(Photo:Rex)In hospital: Xiao Wei has severed hand attached to leg to keep it alive


But they said a larger regional hospital may be able to help, so a friend took him to Changsha, a two hour drive away.

Doctors there said they hoped to be able to reattach the hand, but not straight away, so they grafted it to Xiao's ankle to stop it from dying.

The hand was successfully re-attached in an operation nearly a month later.




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