Severed hand grafted to ankle, reattached to wrist a month later

[From BoingBoing.net]

When Xiao Wei’s right hand was severed in an industrial accident, doctors at a hospital in Changde, China, grafted it to his ankle. The blood supply from his ankle kept the hand alive and viable on the seven-hour journey to a larger hospital with better facilities, where it was removed a month later from his ankle and reattached to his wrist. It’s not clear whether he’ll regain the use of his hand, but doctors are hopeful.

READ THE FULL STORY HERE: http://metro.co.uk/2013/12/16/severed-hand-saved-after-being-attached-to-mans-ankle-4232581/