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Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot (futurism.com)
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[–] 41 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 31 points 10 months ago (3 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.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 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.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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