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World's First Ear Graft on Foot Successfully Conducted

12/26/2025

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Shandong Provincial Hospital in Jinan conducted what it described as the world’s first ear graft onto a foot before reattachment.
The patient sustained a torn ear and scalp injuries in a workplace accident with heavy machinery in April.
Qiu Shenqiang, deputy director of the microsurgery unit, said standard repair failed due to scalp tissue and vascular damage.
The operation was reported by Yixue Jie, a medical news social media account.

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Shandong Provincial Hospital in Jinan conducted what it described as the world’s first ear graft onto a foot before reattachment.
The patient sustained a torn ear and scalp injuries in a workplace accident with heavy machinery in April.
Qiu Shenqiang, deputy director of the microsurgery unit, said standard repair failed due to scalp tissue and vascular damage.
The operation was reported by Yixue Jie, a medical news social media account.