Doctors, opted to graft the hand to Wei's ankle to prevent it from dying while they worked on his other extensive injuries. The doctors told Rex Features: “His injury was severe. Besides ripping injuries, his arm was also flattened. We had to clear and treat his injuries before taking on the hand reattachment surgery.”
December 16, 2013
"Doctors Save Severed Hand By Sewing to Man's Ankle."
Photo of the arrangement at the link.
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Interesting idea. A lot depends on the situation with the arm. The arm needs to be a good target for the reimplant.
It'll make it easy for him to tie his shoelace, I guess.
marvelous
You've got to hand it to those doctors.
There's probably a Kliban cartoon for it.
The ankylosaurus failed in its attempt to become the dominant species primarily because it had no hands. Tragic.
Doc: Well, I've got some good news and some bad news.
Patient: Holy Shit!
Doc: The good news is we saved your hand.
Patient: Um..that's not where it was.
Doc: The bad news is you're in China.
Patient: Meaning?
Doc: We saved it for somebody else.
Patient: What is that.... is that a price tag?
Reminds me of the 1967 Mad Magazine parody of Star Trek, "Star Blecch", when Kirk and Spock go through the transporter.
On the bright side. He can now masturbate with his legs crossed.
They give this guy
2 noses
Makes it really convenient if he develops athlete's foot.
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