Chinese doctors claim first-ever successful double thigh replantation; factory worker starts walking again after losing both legs

A Chinese factory worker got two new legs implanted after he lost both his legs in an accident. A Chinese hospital has claimed that its doctors performed the world's first double thigh replantation, which made it possible for a factory worker who lost both his legs to start walking again. According to Chinese media reports, the 51-year-old factory worker, identified by the last name Jiang, underwent a massive accident on December 2, 2024, when industrial machinery severed both his thighs at a plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province.Jiang was taken to Suzhou Ruihua Orthopaedic Hospital, where a team of over 20 medical professionals worked on the case. "Using microsurgical techniques, they reconstructed and reconnected the blood vessels, nerves, bones and muscles to successfully replant both limbs, according to the trauma association," the hospital said.Multiple procedures were performed on the factory worker and then he underwent nearly 20 months of intensive post-operative recovery. Now the man is able to walk indoors with a frame and can do most of his daily tasks without help, the hospital said.In an article published on August 14 on its social media account, the Jiangsu Trauma and Tre...