Archive · 28 Dec 2025
Woman's Torn Ear Grafted on Foot in Historic Surgery
A woman had a very bad accident at work where her ear was torn off and she had many injuries on her head.
Doctors couldn't put her ear back right away because the tissues were too damaged.
So, they did something really special.
They put her ear on her foot to keep it alive while her head healed.
They had to be very careful because the blood vessels in the ear and foot are very tiny.
After some time, they were able to put her ear back on her head.
They also used skin from her stomach to fix her scalp.
It was a very long and tricky surgery, but it worked!
A woman's torn-off ear was temporarily grafted onto her foot to keep it alive.
The ear was later reattached to her head after her scalp healed.
The surgery was performed at Shandong Provincial Hospital in Jinan, China.
Doctors faced complications with blood circulation to the ear, requiring manual bloodletting.
The woman's scalp was restored using skin grafted from her stomach.
- Who
- A woman who suffered a workplace accident
- What
- A historic surgery where a torn-off ear was grafted onto her foot before being reattached to her head
- When
- The accident occurred in April; the surgery details are not specified beyond the month
- Where
- Shandong Provincial Hospital in Jinan, China
- Why
- The extensive damage to her blood vessels and tissues required the ear to be kept alive elsewhere while her scalp healed
- Patient's Injury
- Torn-off ear and severe scalp injuries
- Surgery Location
- Shandong Provincial Hospital, Jinan, China
- Surgeon
- Qiu Shenqiang
- Surgery Duration
- 10 hours
- Blood Vessel Size
- 0.2–0.3 mm
- Grafting Site
- Top of the foot
- Scalp Restoration
- Skin grafted from the stomach
