Man's severed hand grafted to ankle after accident – video report

Video (1min 28sec) Doctors in China have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it onto his ankle

Man's severed hand grafted to ankle after accident – video report

 http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/17/severed-hand-grafted-ankle-accident-video

Doctors in China have saved a man's severed hand by grafting it onto his ankle. Xiao Wei lost his right hand in an accident at work, but could not have it reattached to his arm immediately. Instead the hand was kept alive by stitching it to Xiao's left ankle, enabling him to borrowing a blood supply from arteries in the leg

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