Historic surgery: Chinese surgeons successfully reattached both severed legs for the first time in world history

Surgical gloves passing a clamp in an operating room — symbol of the unprecedented leg reattachment surgery performed in China

The image captures the precise moment of instrument handoff in a sterile operating theater. It represents the groundbreaking medical procedure carried out in China — the world’s first successful reattachment of both severed legs to a single patient.

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