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Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot (futurism.com)

submitted 1 week ago by heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 109 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Saving you a click:

The patient suffered a horrific workplace accident involving heavy machinery, which tore off a large part of her scalp and her ear with it. The damage to her scalp and vascular network was so severe that restoring the ear at the time was impossible, so the procedure was performed to save the patient’s aural orifice so it could be reattached to her head later.

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 41 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The patient can’t wear a shoe on that foot, but I guess that's the least of their worries at that point.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe they'll be able to graft the ear back on her head before she'd be healed enough to walk out of the hospital anyway.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's the whole reason they attached it to her foot.

The damage to her scalp and vascular network was so severe that restoring the ear at the time was impossible, so the procedure was performed to save the patient’s aural orifice so it could be reattached to her head later.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

That's the whole reason they attached it somewhere, but your quote doesn't address my speculation about why they picked her foot in particular. I was making a guess about the relative timing of her being healed enough to release vs. being healed enough to have the graft moved back to where it belongs.

[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

My guess is blood flow. Legs tend to be the limb that receive the most blood flow.

[–] jello@programming.dev 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For those curious as to why the foot:

They chose the foot because the arteries and veins there are compatible with those found in the ear. The foot’s skin and soft tissue are also similarly thin to the head’s.

[–] trk@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

Well, that's all my questions answered. Good work comments team.

[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They do this with penis injuries too. I'm surprised people are surprised?

Or maybe I know too much about dick science.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

It's the latter

[–] ecvanalog@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

“Dick Science” sounds like he should be Dr. Strange’s arch-nemesis.