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a surfer who was mauled by a shark at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
Thirty-three-year-old Glenn Orgias was attacked by a great white shark while surfing at dusk almost two weeks ago.
He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital with his hand hanging by a three centimetre piece of skin.
Plastic surgeon Dr Kevin Ho says doctors never expected that they would be able to reattach the hand.
"However in the Bondi surfer's case, given his general health and the speed of which he was rushed into the operating theatre, and also the extent of his injuries, made it a possibility that we could reattach the hand," he said.
Dr Ho says leeches were used as part of the effort to restore blood flow to the hand, and he is hopeful that Mr Orgias will regain function in it.
"I thought the hopes for the hand were close to zero, but I have hope in time that Glenn will have a working hand," he said.
"It certainly won't be like our own hand but it'd be much much better than a prosthesis.
"We're far from out of the woods but I think for him to make it to this stage is a minor miracle and a reflection of how healthy and physically well he is."
Thirty-three-year-old Glenn Orgias was attacked by a great white shark while surfing at dusk almost two weeks ago.
He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital with his hand hanging by a three centimetre piece of skin.
Plastic surgeon Dr Kevin Ho says doctors never expected that they would be able to reattach the hand.
"However in the Bondi surfer's case, given his general health and the speed of which he was rushed into the operating theatre, and also the extent of his injuries, made it a possibility that we could reattach the hand," he said.
Dr Ho says leeches were used as part of the effort to restore blood flow to the hand, and he is hopeful that Mr Orgias will regain function in it.
"I thought the hopes for the hand were close to zero, but I have hope in time that Glenn will have a working hand," he said.
"It certainly won't be like our own hand but it'd be much much better than a prosthesis.
"We're far from out of the woods but I think for him to make it to this stage is a minor miracle and a reflection of how healthy and physically well he is."
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