Doctors in Brazil have devised a brilliant idea to save the hand of a 42-year-old machine production operator from being amputated by putting it inside a pocket in his belly.
Carlos Mariotti, suffered a horrific work accident that ripped off all the skin on his hand but doctors decided to bury his damaged mitt in the soft tissue pouch for six weeks to save the hand from infections.
Orthopaedic and traumatology doctor Boris Brandao, who performed the rare operation, explained: 'Mr Marriott suffered a de-gloving injury which left him with very little skin on the palm and back of his hand, exposing the bones and tendons inside.
'This was a very large and delicate injury and the only place we could fit the whole hand was in the abdomen.
