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A man who accidentally cut off his thumb has had his big toe attached in its place by surgeons, the Guardian reported.

James Byrne, 29, severed the thumb on his left hand last December while sawing through a piece of wood.

After an attempt to re-attach the damaged thumb was unsuccessful, Umraz Khan, plastic surgeon at Frenchay hospital, Bristol, transplanted the big toe from Byrne's left foot on to his hand.

Byrne is a paver and plant operator. Surgeons said the usefulness of the toe on his hand outweighed the loss to his foot, although the latter might cause problems in the short term.（點擊英國《衛報》查看原文）

男子拇指被鋸后換上腳趾

?????? 據英國《衛報》報道，一名男子的大拇指不小心被鋸掉了，外科醫生為他換上了他自己的大腳趾。

?????? 去年12月，29歲的詹姆斯?伯恩在鋸木頭時把左手的大拇指給弄斷了。

?????? 布里斯托芙蘭切醫院的外科醫生優穆拉茲?可汗試圖將受傷的拇指重新復位卻沒有成功，最后他把伯恩左腳的大腳趾頭移植到了他的手上。

?????? 醫生說，盡管切除大腳趾在短期內帶來不少困擾，但對于從事鋪路和生產操作的伯恩來說，大腳趾在手上的功用大大超過了腳上的損失。

(China.org.cn September 19, 2011)