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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

I can even wiggle it! Bandages come off father's newly healed digit, after surgeons replace severed thumb with BIG TOE

A father-of-one has shown off his unusual new thumb after he lost his original in a carpentry accident.

James Byrne, 29, had his big toe grafted on to his hand after he severed his left thumb while sawing through a piece of wood last December.

Surgeons had first tried to sew his original thumb back on but the blood would not start flowing again despite months of treatment, including using leeches.    More

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