Chief surgeon doctor Denis Corcella (C), assistant surgeons Billy Chedal Bornu (L) and Mickael Bouyer (R) hold a press conference at Grenoble hospital. Photo: Philippe Desmazes/AFPA woman whose arms were sliced off in a train accident has had the limbs successfully reattached in a rare and complicated operation in France, medics said on Friday. The 30-year-old victim lost both arms above the elbow after falling between a train and the platform at the Chambery station in the foothills of the French Alps in mid-August. Two hours after the accident, a medical team of 10 at a hospital in the nearby city of Grenoble began the operation to reattach the limbs. The first operation to reattach two arms was carried out in Germany in 2008 and similar operations have been performed in China and India since.

Source: The Local August 26, 2017 06:22 UTC