August 22, 2007
Man with world's largest hand in Shanghai for surgery
DUE TO ITS SOMEWHAT GRAPHIC NATURE, THE PHOTO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORY APPEARS AFTER THE JUMP.
24 year old macrodactyly patient Liu Hua from Jiangsu, the man with the world's largest hand (Pic after the jump: NOT for the faint-hearted!!), has arrived at the Shanghai No. 9 People's Hospital for radical plastic surgery. He was born with a left thumb, index and middle finger much larger than normal, which grew dramatically together with his arm as he grew older and this had a serious impact on his work and day-to-day life. From Shanghai Daily:
When Liu was hospitalized in Shanghai last month, his left thumb measured 26 centimeters, his index finger was 30cm and his middle finger 15cm. The overall weight of his left arm was about 10 kilograms."It was the biggest hand in the world," said Chen Zuliang, a hospital official. "Liu's fingers stopped growing in recent years so plastic surgery was at last possible to correct the malformation."
On July 20 surgeons began a seven-hour operation to reduce the size of Liu's fingers and thumb. Doctors removed 5.1kg of flesh and bone in the procedure.
Doctors say Liu will have to come back to the hospital in another six months for surgery to reshape his left arm and shoulder. He is now left with three fingers on his left hand -- the thumb, the ring finger and his little finger, but it is hoped that with some training and rehabilitation, life will soon be back to normal for him, and he will no longer have to find ways and means to hide his hand whenever he goes out.
Related links:
Shanghai Daily: City surgeons come in handy
Children's Hospital Boston: Macrodactyly
CN Radio: 24岁小伙长有畸形巨手 在上海成功缩骨
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"City surgeons come in handy"
I can't believe Shanghai Daily used that headline. Well, I can ... but you know what I mean.
Another "world's biggest" for the middle kingdom.
PT Barnum would love China.
nanheyangrouchuan
did anyone see the "man with the world's largest face tumor" on cnn america? it's in their video section. I hope these instances are merely coincidental and not incidental from things like environmental pollution.
I would love to see an X-ray of his hand, if it's out there. Very interesting.
Z
You could flip one heck of a bird with that middle finger.
Sorry, couldn't resist. Best of wishes on his reconstruction surgery.
this happens when you fap too much.
He's throwing a gang sign from Chernobyl
turn it off, turn it off!
do the lyndie XXl
KANEDA!!!!!!!!!!
World's tallest, world's shortest, world's hariest, world's largest hand. China: Land of the Mutants.
He is the middle of negotiating with the doctor: "I'll give you ba kuai qian to fix this."
You should see his nostrils
Don't go with the surgery. This hand has pizza maker all over it. You could wack a ball of dough flat in no time.
Hi five!!
shanghaiist should have a prize for best photo caption. there are some gems on this comment page.
China isn't the land of the mutants.
They just got the best odds of getting one, thats all.
There could be some propaganda value in this too, the world's largest hand (chinese, of course) smashing a whole division of tiny, frightened US soldiers or crushing NYC buildings.
We must all bow to China's Big Hand!
nanheyangrouchuan
TETSUOOOO !
Who's got the upper hand now hmm?
I have got to say these comments are hilarious. I feel for the guy but you can't help but laugh at "You should see his nostrils!" Or the "Gang Sign" is another classic
1,2,3,4
I declare a thumb war.
You lose.
I know this guy...he's the world champion hitchiker...chinese rock
Reminds me of The Kenny Everett Video Show
agree with guest number 11.
his girlfriend loves him
"I don't need no steenking foam finger..."
Masterbating with that hand has to be a bitch.
You know my sister too has handicapped hands and has lived with these types of cruel comments her entire life. As you can imagine school was no fun for her. The kids called her a monster. I imagine these kids parents were like alot of you. She is an awesome and beautiful person and rose above it all. Im very proud of her. I am so glad this person has some hope for a normal life. Hopefully has rose above these types of people in their life. Good luck to you in your surgery.
It took a gypsy fortune teller 8 hours to read his palms.
Off-colour, mean, and insensitive captions? Yes.
...but f*cking hilarious captions.
karma baby
do you people even stop to think he might be reading this? wouldnt you, if it was your story? heartless, just plain heartless.
tsk tsk
Rock... paper.... giant blob!
Hahah... I love how he's holding up the other hand as well... as if we needed to see a comparison...
dink,
you're right - and he's been trying all day to respond.
I bet he's shit hot at flagging taxis down!!!
Well if you ever have a challenge like this in your lives, I hope the world is kinder to you. You all aren't funny, you are just really ugly inside. That karma has a way of working itself into your life so get ready ;)
Well I guess we know what hand he wipes his bottom with.
so, he can really hide behinde his finger.
I would not want him to be "crushing my head"
He bitchslapped his wife and they found her in Korea
For some reason they call him the spanking machine
KARMA?? What did this guy do to get that hand? Probably the worst thing ever. KARMA got him first.
And I don't think he is reading this. Any keyboard would be detroyed.
nice to see some readers with a nasty sense of humour -
1 - he is NOT reading this - probably can't read
2 - wishing hism success in his surgery is a moot point (see above)
3- not only is this the land of mutants, but the rudest, crudest human beings I have encountered in my extensive travels -
sure there are some nice people here, but the majority are money-grubbing, pushing/shoving, hoarking/spitting, devious liars who will do whatever it takes to squeeze money out of a hapless tourist or foreigner.
this guy is an exception, hands down.
To the person who told us all her sob story about her friends sister, or whatever 3rd degree Eichmann number this (once?) young individual may have had, this person is an adult and as any adult he must have been able to develop a strong sense of humour considering he's been putting off a visit to a surgeon for a while. It's actually astonishing that you decided to be his baby-sitter in this situation. If he was actually able to read this article, I believe he would have fully utilized the comment system. So either he a) doesn't speak English b)doesn't own an internet capable computer or c) doesn't even bother with these circle-jerk comment systems.
(I'm only commenting myself because I'm appalled when people try and play high school guidance counselor on an system as impersonal as text based comment boards.)
Where was he when that dam burst over there?
Your a dumb F**K, he has been "putting off a visit to a surgeon for AWHILE", one word! Because his mutation finally quit growing!
MAN ITZ GOT 2 SUCK 2 CUT HIS FINGER NAILS, IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK!!!!
I bet that dude has a fore arm like Popeye
I just can't stop looking at how nasty that is...I wonder what it feels like.
China is a very cruel country when it comes to this sort of thing. The off color comments made here are mild compared to what this man has been subject too IRL.
Most handicapped I know IRL have a sort of gallows humor about their conditions. They crack jokes about it and even "play" people who don't want to be politically incorrect.lol.
IRL is a TLA. LOL MFAO!!!
Aloha Mr. Hand
Has anyone noticed that his thumb looks like a short stubby penis?
You mean a short stubby penis with gonorrhea? I noticed.