Army docs grow a new ear for soldier
Stars & Stripes tells the story of Private Shamika Burrage who lost one of her ears in an automobile accident. The Army doctors at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso, Texas, grew a new ear for her on her arm;
Doctors harvested cartilage from her ribs and carved an ear shape out of the cartilage. The cartilage was placed under the skin of her forearm to allow the ear to “grow.” Then the ear was attached to her head at William Beaumont Army Medical Center in El Paso.
“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,” said Lt. Col. Owen Johnson III, chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery for the medical center, in the Army statement…Epidermis from Burrage’s forearm will be used to cover scar tissue in the area around her left jawline, the statement said. Burrage, a supply clerk with 1st Battalion, 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, still has two surgeries left to go, but she says she’s optimistic.
Category: Army News
That is simultaneously cool and creepy. Cool because her deforming injury is being fixed, creepy because they grew an ear on her arm. She seems to be okay with it, though, so awesome work by the Army docs to fix her up!
Grafting tissue harvested elsewhere on the body is a common enough reconstructive procedure, but I still get slightly creeped at the thought of it.
No kidding. That photo creeps me out, but this is pretty dang neat. We’re living in the world of the future!
Very cool indeed and we do live in interesting times. While my wife was undergoing a kidney transplant in Birmingham, we saw a guy walking around with his severed hand sewn into his stomach and attached to a main blood vessel(not sure if there is an artery there or not as I am not a doc) Hje told us they were waiting for the surrounding tissue was allowed to heal before reattaching. Kind of weird to see a guato type hand sticking out of the lads stomach but cool to know they could save the hand and lessen the guys pain(monetary, etc) for the future.
Good on the doc and blessed be the private.
Cheers,
MrFace
Lets give those Doctors a big cheer:
‘ear, ‘ear
Thank you, thank you. I am glad that you can hear a good pun when you see it.
Kudos to the docx who did this. I don’t find it creepy because I have an entire set of slides I shot during a rhinoplasty on someone whose nose was quite nice. It is fascinating to watch someone with that kind of skill.
There are so many jokes here, but not appropriate, so…..
Not creepy at all, at least to me. I’m glad for the young lady who will have her disfigurement corrected. Pretty amazing stuff.
Cool….nothing new at all, it’s been done many times before…but still cool.
Amen…
If this doesn’t beg for bad jokes, nothing ever will…
1) No, Yef, just ears. No one wants to see a dick growing in your arm.
2) “I can’t hear you. Wait. Let me roll up my sleeve.”
I’ve have told you before about the technological singularity, but you guys ganged up on me and called me a retard.
At the current pace of technological development, without any major upheaval like a meteorite strike, global pandemic or economic crash, humankind will be immortal way before the year 2100.
Lighten up Francis, I mean Yef. Don’t forget about Afternoon Police Call either!
You understood that, API?
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/are-humans-really-on-the-brink-of-achieving-immortality/all/
http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/want-to-live-forever-you-just-have-to-make-it-to-2050/news-story/4c70508f0f48b6fdfb3ebed09ab85754
The classic 2015 article:
“The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction”
https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificial-intelligence-revolution-2.html
I’m sorry, Yef.
We’ll be removing your memory chips and power cells this afternoon. You’re simply too independent.
Yef forgot the 4 laws.
We will ONLY be as immortal as Skynet wants us to!!!
I thought they called you a mutant, Yef.
When did they call you a retard?
Hey, go easy on Yef, willya, people? Being young and naive is sometimes a nice way to go through life. It means someone will take care of you and wipe your tears when you trip and fall off the curb.
Damn it! By 2100 I will be dead. Missed out again.
We are ALL immortal now! But its in the next life,, not in these bodies!
Damn, just Damn!
Good on the docs.
“I’m putting on my coat.”
“You’re leaving?”
“Hell no. I’m just tired of listening to you!”
I’m so happy for this lady. Fix her hair just right and it will look normal. This type of surgery has been ongoing for years. I did nuclear medicine studies while stationed in Bethesda on animals that had various organs ‘grown’.
Thumbs up to the docs and this lady. Good news here.
Wicked Cool!
“Please put your arm down until I’ve finished speaking. I’ll take questions then.”
“But I don’t have a question. I’m listening closely.”
“Good morning. Dr. Hackenbush’s office. May I help you?”
“Yes, I need to see the doctor about my arm.”
“It’s causing you pain?”
“Yes.”
“Did you think you might have broken it?”
“Broken it? Heck no. I think I might have an ear infection.”
Years ago a female in the military was involved in a car accident. Her whole face was ripped apart with lips destroyed. A plastic surgeon (in or out of military) made lips out of her lower female parts…
Pussy lips was the moniker my friend gave her.
Movie was called WHY ME
Wow