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Unusual Tummy Tuck Helps Save Man's Hand

(2 Sep 2015) DESPITE APPEARANCES FRANK REYES HAS TWO ARMS AND TWO HANDS. (NATS-LETS CHECK YOUR HAND) IT'S JUST THAT HIS LEFT HAND.... HAS BEEN TUCKED AWAY.. SOUNDBITE Frank Reyes, patient: "Everything looked fine, I can feel movement in my hands and fingers" REYES' HAND WAS SURGICALLY PLACED UNDERNEATH A POCKET OF TISSUE IN HIS BELLY FOR THREE WEEKS. SOUNDBITE Dr. Anthony Echo, plastic surgeon, Houston Methodist Hospital: "To allow that blood supply from the abdominal tissue to eventually connect to the blood supply at the back of the hand." REYES, FIT, SPRY AND 87-YEARS-OLD ALMOST LOST HIS HAND AFTER A FREAK ACCIDENT WHILE CHANGING A TIRE OUT ON HIS FAMILY RANCH. SOUNDBITE Frank Reyes, patient "It was crushed, I couldn't move it, stayed there between 20-30 minutes in the hot sun. Man it was hot." THE BURN WAS SO EXTENSIVE, DOCTORS SAY A NORMAL SKIN GRAFT WOULD NOT HAVE WORKED. SO THEY TURNED TO A METHOD DATING BACK TO WORLD WAR ONE, ACCORDING TO PLASTIC SURGEON DR. ANTHONY ECHO, BUT RARELY USED TODAY. SOUNDBITE Paul Reyes, so "Sounded weird, when he got out of there. It looks weird. Hopefully it'll work (chuckles)." AP WAS ALLOWED TO OBSERVES AS DOCTORS AT HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL CUT HIS HAND FREE FROM ITS TEMPORARY HOME, TAKING A SKIN GRAFT FROM AROUND HIS STOMACH TO COVER HIS HAND. SOUNDBITE Dr. Anthony Echo, plastic surgeon: "Our goal is to get soft tissue coverage on the back of his hand so he would not have to require an amputation on his digits, which would have been a possibility if it wasn't covered in a timely fashion." THE TECHNIQUE ALLOWS THAT SKIN TO REMAIN LIVING WHEN IT'S ATTACHED TO THE HAND. SOUNDBITE Dr. Anthony Echo, plastic surgeon: "And this is important to reconstruct tissues over bones, tendons which was the scenario in Mr. Reyes' case." (voice over) HANDS DOWN MAKING THIS A UNIQUE CASE… SOUNDBITE Paul Reyes, patient's son: "Like I said, he's 87 but don't look it or act it." HIS PHYSICIAN IS CONFIDENT REYES WILL BE BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN. JOHN MONE ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...