Original title: scared! A 21-year-old man has 9 toes on one foot! The reasons behind it are thought-provoking
A Jun, a 21-year-old boy from Chaoshan, has a beautiful face, but there is' hard to tell 'under his feet. The reason is that his left foot has suffered from' polydactyly 'since birth, and one foot has nine toes.
In order to regain a new life and not be affected by polydactyly, a Jun came to Shunde for medical treatment. On the 29th, the reporter learned from Shunde Heping surgery hospital where a Jun was treated that after 9 hours of efforts by the doctor team, he successfully removed the redundant four toes of a Jun's left foot and successfully 'reconstructed' a foot thumb.
Now, ah Jun, whose left foot appearance is gradually recovering well, says he wants to run on the road in a pair of normal size sneakers like normal people.
Surprise: he has nine toes on his left foot and only wears two sizes bigger when buying shoes
A Jun, 21, comes from Shanwei. Although he is a young man, facing the comely and talking gently, in a Jun's heart, there is always something 'hard to say' - his left foot has' polydactyly deformity '.
It is reported that a Jun's left foot has nine toes, but the original position of his thumb has four toes, which is very deformed. " The left foot was deformed since I was a child, but my family took me to a fortune teller and said that this was an immortal & lsquo; Reward & rsquo; , don't move. " A Jun told reporters.
Although a Jun didn't think so when he was a child, he began to suffer from the trouble of nine toes when he grew up.
"I used to go to the riverbank with my friends. As I got older, my feet became uglier and uglier. Later, I didn't even want to go to the riverbank." A Jun said that his left foot deformity also brought other people's strange eyes. " Others will come to see it. In short, I will be very unhappy. " A Jun said his inner helplessness.
More importantly, because of deformed feet, I have to buy shoes one or two sizes larger than normal feet. " When I go to the shoe store outside to try on my shoes, I will quickly take off my old shoes and try them on to avoid the waiter seeing that my left foot is different from others. " Ah Jun said that because of his special situation, he never wore slippers outside. " For so many years, as long as you go out, you wear sports shoes and wrap your feet tightly. " Ah Jun said.
Operation: the thumb of the foot was successfully removed and 'transplanted' within 9 hours
In order to regain a new life and not be affected by 'polydactyly', a Jun decided to abandon the idea of superstition and came to Shunde for medical treatment in October this year.
Previously, ah Jun also tried to seek medical treatment, but the surgical advice he received was to directly remove the excess toes. " I hope that after excision, I can keep the same foot shape as normal people and have a thumb belonging to my left foot. If it's just pure excision, there will be regret in my heart. " Ah Jun said.
In order to meet a Jun's wishes, the doctor team decided to 'reconstruct' a foot thumb after helping a Jun remove four toes.
'through the examination, it was found that the patient's outermost thumb was the closest to the shape of the big toe of the normal foot, so we planned to remove the four toes and then & lsquo; Migration & rsquo; This toe is most like a thumb. " Wu Xiang, director of the Department of hand diseases and deformities, said that 'transplanting' the foot thumb is equivalent to removing the toe bone and transplanting it again, which is not small.
Subsequently, with the joint efforts of the team of the Department of hand disease and deformity, a Jun's left foot underwent multi toe resection and multi toe transplantation to reconstruct the first toe. " The difficulty of the operation lies in the toe connection. Through microsurgical technology, the blood vessels, nerves and tendons such as hair filaments are transplanted, which is very complex and delicate. " Wu Xiang said. Fortunately, with superb technology and 9 hours of effort, the operation ended smoothly. When a Jun was pushed out of the door of the operating room, it meant that he had a new life.
Attention: one foot produces nine toes, with a probability as low as one in a million
Yesterday, the reporter saw a Jun after the operation in Shunde Heping surgical hospital. Although his left foot was still in plaster and inconvenient to move, ah Jun had a confident smile on his face.
"After recovery, just like normal people, wear normal size sneakers and run happily on the road." A Jun told reporters.
Wu Xiang, director of the Department of hand deformity, said that the patient's foot shape has recovered well and is basically the same as that of normal people. " Further observation is needed in the future, including walking vertical line adjustment and weight-bearing experiment, so as to correct walking posture and avoid pain. " Wu Xiang said.
Wu Xiang also said that the case of a foot with nine toes is very rare, which is also the first case he has seen. " The probability is as low as one in a million or one in two million. " Wu Xiang said that there are many reasons for hand and foot deformities, but about 50% of them are genetic factors.
"In addition, factors such as virus infection, smoking, mental stress and elderly pregnant women are also easy to cause hand and foot deformities." Wu Xiang said that as a hand deformity doctor, he had performed many hand and foot deformity surgery a year, and the data showed that the incidence rate of hand foot deformity increased gradually. After the release of the second child, the number of elderly pregnant women increased, and the number of children with hand and foot deformities also increased. This problem should be paid attention to. "
Wu Xiang suggested that if the child has finger deformities with well-developed trunk fingers, the operation can be performed in about 3 ~ 6 months. Because it involves the child's finger body development and psychological development, it is more appropriate to complete the operation before going to school.