Doctors in China attached a patient's severed left foot onto the calf of his right leg in a desperate bid to save it.
Ma Jun, 36, lost his foot after he slipped into a concrete mixer while working on a building site in Zhengzhou, Henan Province.
He was rushed to hospital along with his severed foot but his left leg was too badly damaged for it to be reattached.
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Dr Song [Wenchao] added: "While it is hosted by the right leg, the left foot can grow new skin, tissue and muscles. It is normal and pink-coloured so the blood is circulating smoothly."
He is now planning a second operation to reattach the foot to the left leg, followed by further surgery to reconstruct the calf.
[Orange News]
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