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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.（点击英国《卫报》查看原文）

男子拇指被锯后换上脚趾

       据英国《卫报》报道，一名男子的大拇指不小心被锯掉了，外科医生为他换上了他自己的大脚趾。

       去年12月，29岁的詹姆斯•伯恩在锯木头时把左手的大拇指给弄断了。

       布里斯托芙兰切医院的外科医生优穆拉兹•可汗试图将受伤的拇指重新复位却没有成功，最后他把伯恩左脚的大脚趾头移植到了他的手上。

       医生说，尽管切除大脚趾在短期内带来不少困扰，但对于从事铺路和生产操作的伯恩来说，大脚趾在手上的功用大大超过了脚上的损失。

(China.org.cn September 19, 2011)