Let us tell you about the time an ankle came in handy for a hand.
Doctors in China succeeded in keeping a man’s severed right hand alive by surgically attaching it to his ankle. And yes, this really happened (see video above).
Xiao Wei, of China’s Hunan province, severed the hand at work in November, the Metro reported. His co-workers were able to retrieve the hand, which doctors said they would be able to reattach — just not immediately.
In order to keep the hand from dying, doctors grafted it to the man’s ankle.
“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.
Doctors were later able to successfully reattach his hand and he is expected to regain full use of the appendage.
And just in case you were wondering…this isn’t a sci-fi movie. It’s real life…and it’s damn cool.
SOURCE: Huffington Post | VIDEO SOURCE: AFP
