European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the Tarsan stripes january 1981 600 cases include digit surgery chinese limbs reattached Toronto not since the development of microsurgery techniques in the Early chinese notably the sixth Peoples Hospital in have reattached severed limbs or digits in More than 600 it was reported the procedures in cases of multiple injury have involved a variety of for where both legs had been severed and badly it was possible in one Case to restore one limb by attaching the right foot to what remained of the left Chen Zhongwen of the sixth Peoples Hospital told a meeting Here that chinese Progress in limb restoration and in the Micro surgery that has greatly increased its Success rate has paralleled similar developments in the United states and other he because of chivas Large Popula chinese hospitals have had More experience with such cases than those since he his Hospital has been coping with multiple Finger losses on both hands by attaching the second toe from each foot to what remained of one this was done so that the grasping capability of thumb and forefinger could be at least partly these developments were reported to a ses Sion on Chariese Medicine at the annual meet ing of the american association for the advancement of a delegation of visitors from China also told of current efforts to explore the medicinal values of various herbal including those of chinese Folk medi one reason for the Large number of reattach mint cases in China May be a High rate of Industrial visitors to factories there have observed fewer safety measures than in More highly industrialized among the forms of accidental the lowest rate of recovery in the Shanghai Hospital was in 48 cases of limbs torn most of them by rapidly rotating Chen Only 36 of the limbs survived after Many he occurred because blood clots had formed despite efforts to remove damaged blood vessels that might produce such the Success rate was higher with 42 limbs severed by rolling wheels or with 37 a attachments the greatest Suc As in the United was with Cut Ting where the severed limb remained largely out of 77 72 reattachment As in Western the Success rate has been highly dependent on the time expired be fore reattachment and restoration of blood circulation in the detached of 16 cases in which the lapse exceeded 20 Only 11 limbs in one 36 hours passed before circulation could be but there was fair functional recovery of the limb with the help of postoperative treatment under High oxygen Chen the use of the second toe to replace a thumb to restore a hands grasp was begun in 1966 and has been done in 69 with satisfactory results in Chen the Overall Success rate in limb reattach meat has been 86 he he added that 70 percent were Able to resume work of some but he cited nine cases in which restoration of the limb function was almost nevertheless these he were happier than with no limb at the ability to restore severed fingers has been greatly aided in recent years by the production in China of binocular microscopes in which two surgeons can observe the Damefield of such a combined with special surgical instruments for microscopic Are needed to attach tiny nerves and blood vessels in the Chen reported since 126 digits have been restored in this Way at his with percent he said in the years of isolation from the the chinese techniques developed independently from those in the United but that now there Are considerable contacts and exchanges of the do not have much of the sophisticated equipment available in West Ern he lacking in particular videotaped records of operations to Aid in the training of new find May turn out to be a major Gold discovery a drilling in mountains 20 Miles Northwest of Phoenix has turned up what could be a major Gold a spokesman for the Arizona department of Mineral resources the find was made by ranchers exploration and development which operates the 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band in the act he gives his illicit bed partner Money but wont allow his wife to buy a new piece of she works in a shop downtown and turns her paycheck Over to she is depressed and hates to see tomorrow her parting shot dont Tell me to leave i dont want to Shock the that lady is clearly in need of professional if she Doest get some insight into her masochistic behaviour Shell become sicker and sicker and eventually crack her husband sounds bonkers but he didst write she and the advice i gave her was i Hope she takes dear Ann Landers i have been Reading your column for Many i am 80 and you have a lot of common especially when it comes to basics like leaving Money to people who dont deserve just because they Are i live alone a thousand Miles from my children and their i have visited them but found Little pleasure my children had everything Money could buy the Best in financial help when they married and More Money later when they wanted to buy they owe me some i dont owe them a recently our pastor delivered a Sermon and told about a daughter at the bedside of her dying when dad goes we want you to live with the Mother i wont do the daughter Moth you Are different the Mother i but you i think this puts it very Florida alone dear Florida thanks for an honest sorry you Arent getting any pleasure from your but surely you know that some people do enjoy their Chil Dren and so dont paint with such a Broad dear Ann Landers my Hus band is overseas for one Yea r on a construction we miss each other a but the Money he is making will make the separation i have a Good Job and go straight Home after the idea of another Man is not the least bit appealing to my upstairs neighbor has told several people she has heard my Back door open and shut at Odd the implication is that i am entertaining i am Furi Ous and want to know if i should talk to her about True Blue dear Lex he who excuses himself accuses remain silent and let your reputation speak for c Field enterprises