Now THIS is Weird!

[Randy W]

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Surgeons graft nose onto man’s forehead

 

Apparently they made the decision to grow a new nose on his forehead, instead of replacing it in place. The blood supply for the new nose comes from blood vessels connecting through his forehead, which will remain in place when they swing it down into position.

 

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The patient lost part of his nose in an accident in 2012 and did not immediately have any reconstruction surgery because he couldn't afford it. An infection later ate away much of his nose cartilage, he said.

Guo said his team examined what remained of the nose and concluded there would be little chance of viably grafting cartilage there, instead building the nose on the forehead.

When the new nose is rotated into position and grafted, it will at first have its own blood supply from links to the forehead, before developing new blood vessels.

 

[tsap seui]

Michael Jackson must be turning in his grave.