Monday, November 22, 2010
9 year old Ming Li was on her way to school in China when a tractor ran over her and severed her left hand. Doctors thought that the hand could be saved, but that the arm was too damaged for reattachment. So they grafted the hand to Ming’s leg in order to keep the hand alive enough to survive a transplant. After three months of repair and healing, the 9-year-old’s arm was stable enough for the transplant.
Dr Hou Jianxi, spokesman for the hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, said the hand had now been transplanted back on to her arm.“When she came in, her left hand was completely severed from her body. It was very scary,” he told the Zhoukou Evening Post.“But Ming Li can now move her wrist again and her left hand is a healthy pink colour proving that the blood is circulating well.”Li will need two more operations over the next year. One to improve her hand functions and some plastic surgery to remove her scars.But Dr Hou said: “After surgery, and with plenty of physiotherapy, we are confident her left hand will be capable of doing most things.“We can’t give a precise percentage of how much movement she will get back but she should be able to look after herself and even drive a car.”
Source: http://www.ripleys.com/weird/daily-dose-of-weird-wtf-blog/body-oddity/little-girl%E2%80%99s-hand-reattached-3-months-later/
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