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.
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.
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.
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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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.
For those curious as to why the foot:
They do this with penis injuries too. I’m surprised people are surprised?
Or maybe I know too much about dick science.
The patient can’t wear a shoe on that foot, but I guess that’s the least of their worries at that point.
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.
That’s the whole reason they attached it to her foot.
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.
My guess is blood flow. Legs tend to be the limb that receive the most blood flow.