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Man had his ears stitched to the stomach to save it

telegraph.co.uk — A man who had one of his ears cut off when he was attacked in a park had it stitched to his stomach in a bid to save it. Because the ear was not found for 17 hours, surgeons could not immediately reattach it. Instead, doctors stitched it inside his stomach so some of the tissue will re-grow. The plan is to then reconstruct the ear using cartilage.

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  • Mummo, on 06/11/2009, -1/+27I got a beer belly......he's got a an ear belly
  • jggube, on 06/11/2009, -1/+18van Gogh version 2.0
  • inactive, on 06/11/2009, -1/+14he certainly wont be able to ignore his stomach growling..
  • Briandrews15, on 06/11/2009, -0/+10you killed your own joke lol, ~3 would have sufficed
  • midbc, on 06/11/2009, -0/+8he will have to listen to his gut feeling
  • CaptainNoPants, on 06/11/2009, -1/+9The impression I get from the title is that this guy saved his stomach by attaching his ears to it. This is not the case.
  • serif69, on 06/11/2009, -2/+6I heard rumblings about this.
  • anexanhume, on 06/11/2009, -1/+5A way to a man's heart is still through his stomach, you just have to give him an earful.
  • mizusajt, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3One guy had the same basic operation to "regrow" a nose.
    The surgeon who performed the operation in the early 1900s called it the Russian method.
    It's interesting, in that it worked, but the graphics are gruesome.
  • sjbdallas, on 06/11/2009, -1/+4Seems like a remember a story about some guy who had his hands sewn into his stomach to help them heal after being reattached.
  • brainflakes, on 06/11/2009, -0/+3Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology.
  • Raynjamin, on 06/11/2009, -0/+3Dudes freakin chopped his ear off with a sword.
  • Jough, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2RTFA
  • Briandrews15, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2Yep, there shouldn't be an "s" on "ears" in the title.
  • ChronicColonic, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2Better that the 'artist' who implanted an ear onto his arm just for the hell of it.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-487 ...

  • alex7575, on 06/11/2009, -1/+3Bad grammar FTW!!!
  • Spikito, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2the title is worded so it sounds like his stomach was saved using his ears.

    but why the stomach of all places.
  • damnshoes, on 06/11/2009, -2/+4LOL.
  • inactive, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2no.really i have heard of that as being a legitamite medical procerdure to save an appendij it keeps the blood flowing so the healing proccess can continue . its no bull.
  • zachstanley, on 06/11/2009, -0/+2The real question: What did this poor fellow do to piss off those other guys so badly they sliced off his ear?
  • TokyoGodfather, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Isn't there a scene like this in the Bible?
  • TrichomeKid, on 06/11/2009, -0/+1Ehh, they'll do the latter anyway. ;]
  • thaitan, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1Having sex would be awkward to the max.
  • javarox, on 06/11/2009, -1/+2Can you hear me now?
  • TokyoGodfather, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1sarcasm fail?
  • inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1I CAN HEAR YOU GETTING FATTER
  • TokyoGodfather, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1y didnt i ever think of spelling appendage like that? (@.@)
  • thelonebeader, on 06/13/2009, -0/+0I believe there is a scene like this in Reservoir Dogs.
  • MyTakes, on 06/11/2009, -1/+1The consequence of slicing someone's ear off and giving them brain damage is not enough in UK! Also, stitched it *inside* his stomach? That must be a mistake.
  • yhack001, on 06/11/2009, -2/+2I want pictures of the ear on the stomach!
  • GraceHead, on 06/11/2009, -1/+1the Onion?
  • nightowl76, on 06/11/2009, -3/+0I came here thinking what humorous spin could digg users put on this...I must say I'm not disappointed...there's so much creativity here.
  • themadhatter444, on 06/11/2009, -18/+1I have an ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache. Wait. Stomach ache. Wait. Ear ache.

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