graft!The doctor uses his toes to make the thumb for the patient

Master Yang had no new fingers and smiled on his face. Photo by correspondent Hu Rui Jingtong

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan client August 25th. Once, an accident caused Master Yang, 40, lost his left thumb. As the pillar of the family, he was desperate. Fortunately, the doctor successfully saved his hand function by using his left toe to re -make his thumb.

In early August, when Master Yang worked at the construction site, he didn't pay attention to being strangled by the machine and wounded his left thumb. Seeing this, the workers immediately sent him to the handwriting of the Fourth Hospital of Wuhan. Hu Rui, deputy chief physician of the doctor and the second department of hand, introduced that during the emergency debrideous surgery, it was found that the patient's left thumb was severely removed, just like taking off the bloody gloves. Fingers are exposed.

Master Yang had old and young, and the sudden trauma was like a thunderbolt for him, which made him depressed for a time.

"The thumb function accounts for more than 50%of the entire function of the hand, and the lack of thumb has a great impact on life." Director of the Second Department of Surgery of the Fourth Hospital of Wuhan City introduced that after careful consideration and meticulous communication, they suggested that patients through free transplantation through free transplantation The "toenails" will create a complete "new thumb". The doctor cheered Master Yang. "As long as there is a hint of hope, we will do our best, hoping that you can also cheer up." Master Yang re -ignited the encouragement of Director Yan and the surgical plan tailored for himself.

During the operation, the doctor designed the skin of the toenails on the left foot thumb according to the length, diameter, and perimeter of the patient's left thumb nail defect. "The petals", transplanted on the patient's left thumb, completely set the fingers of the remaining thumbs, which coincides with the blood vessels and nerves on the hand. After 4 hours of strength, the team doctor went to the surgery successfully, and then created a "realistic" finger. On August 24th, two weeks after the transplantation of toenails survived well, Master Yang was very satisfied with the shape and function of the novice.

Experts introduced that for the soft tissue and nail defects of the thumbs caused by trauma, they want to rebuild a thumb with a realistic appearance with nails. The most appropriate way is to transplant "toenails" to recreate "fingernails". It is of great significance to regain life confidence. (Changjiang Daily reporter Wu Ye correspondent Hu Rui Jingtong)

【Edit: Gaoyang】

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