Thumb reattachment newspaper article | Amit Mitra | Plastic Surgeon | Philadelphia, PA

 

"People tend to take many things for granted. Simple physical tasks are easy and automatic, as easy as the push of a button. But what happens when, in the flick of the wrist, in an instant, one loses a hand, or even a thumb? One Temple University Hospital patient knows, but his story has a happy ending..."

 

Download this article (PDF) from 1987 from the Advisor, a now-defunct Philadelphia  weekly newspaper.