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New Ear Grown on Soldier's Forearm in First-of-its-kind Army Surgery
U.S. Army surgeons have grown a new ear on soldier's forearm to replace one that was lost in a car accident.
Doctors at William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) in El Paso, Texas, took cartilage from the soldier's ribs to craft a new ear. This was then inserted under the skin of the forearm so that it could grow.
The groundbreaking technique—the first procedure of its kind in the Army—allows the ear to form new arteries, veins and even nerves, meaning the private should eventually regain sensation in the ear.
"The whole goal is by the time she's done with all this, it looks good, it's sensate, and in five years if somebody doesn't know her they won't notice," Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at WBAMC, said in a statement.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 10 2018, @11:55PM (2 children)
Depending on the ear's position on the forearm, listening to her heart lets you grab different parts.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 11 2018, @02:17AM
Sure makes this limmrick more attainable.
There once was a man from Nantucket.
Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
He said with a grin
As he wiped off his chin
If my ear was a cunt i could fuck it.
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday May 11 2018, @01:05PM
Many people thought the fact that I kept my heart on my sleeve was an endearing quality. Others only complained about the blood dripping everywhere.