Doctors grow ear on man's arm for transplant to head

Many accidents require the expertise of doctors to complete complex surgeries and plastic surgeries are some of the most challenging for them. A Chinese doctor did the a life-changing surgery recently when he helped a man get a new ear from his arm.

According to a report in the Daily Mail, plastic surgeon Dr. Guo Shuzhong recently did the unimaginable when he grew a new ear in a man’s forearm with the help of 3D- printing technology. The patient, Mr. Ji was involved in a serious accident in 2015 and had undergone several surgeries to repair his facial skin and cheeks but was sad he didn’t have his right here before the surgery happened. The ear was made from the cartilage in the ribs and was growing for several months on the arm before the seven hour operation by the doctor.

The ear which was grown on the arm under excess skin has been fitted to the man’s head and has blood flowing through it successfully. Mr. Ji will be under observation for the next two weeks before he is let go. Dr Guo Shuzhong was also the first to complete a face transplant operation in China in 2006.