Exequiel had three toes implanted on his right hand: this is the first operation performed in Argentina

A milestone in medicine is being celebrated in Argentina where a young man is reported to have had three toes implanted in one hand.

The patient of the groundbreaking operation is called Exequiel, who has his right hand back. In her two of the transplanted fingers are the second fingers (index) of each foot.

Everything was done thanks to a microsurgical technique, which Clarín spread on his networks.

He had experienced a domestic accident. The 24-year-old “lost four fingers and part of another in a meat grinder accident,” explains Télam.

He was operated on at the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires, Clarín said. The operation was complex because of “the number of fingers transplanted and the choice of precisely the toes.”

Once released from the hospital, Exequiel, quoted in Todo Jujuy, stated: “This operation meant that I could rebuild my life (…)”.

I am still studying at university and plan to return to sports with my hand as before.

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The operation

Jorge Boretto, Chief of Hand Surgery and Senior Member of the Italian Hospital of Buenos Aires, consulted by Télam, pointed out that “the transplantation of fingers from another person (cadaver donor) would involve starting an immunosuppression therapy so that there is no rejection of the fingers takes place. handkerchief”.

And he stressed that “full hand transplant (no fingers) with a cadaver donor is done in other parts of the world, but only “in bilateral transplant cases, when both hands are amputated.”

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What did they do with Exequiel’s fingers?

At the hospital, they indicated to the aforementioned media that “transferring the toes to the hand allows for a reconstruction defined as ‘equal to equal’, since the restitution of each of the absent tissues is achieved (joints, tendons and complex of the joints). nail, among others). Thanks to this procedure, we were able to reconstruct the finger with its three joints.”

Boretto, in his social networks, explained step by step the repair that brought back Exequiel’s right hand:

Todo Jujuy’s website pointed out that “the reconstruction allowed for pinching, creating a functional set between the thumb and the other two transplanted fingers.”

Congratulations to Boretti rain on social networks, but there is a very special thank you: that of Exequiel’s mother.

“Thank you very much Dr. Boretto, I am Exequiel’s mother,” she expressed with deep gratitude.

“You’re welcome, Karina. A pleasure to continue with Exequiel in this treatment,” the doctor replied. (JO)

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