A central Chinese hospital saved a man’s severed hand by grafting it onto his ankle for a month before returning it to his arm.
Twenty-five-year-old Xie Wei from Hunan province lost his right hand in a heavy machinery accident in the factory where he worked, in early November.
He arrived at the Xiangya Hospital in the provincial capital, Changsha, seven hours later.
According to a statement by the hospital, at room temperature, the tissue of the hand would have died within around 10 hours.
Transplanting it onto blood vessels on Xie’s own body was the best way… SEE FULL PICS HERE
via 247naijagossip
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