Docs restore hand movement for Sudanese soldier through intricate ‘toe-to-thumb’ op

After the injury, I could not even hold a glass of water or eat by myself.

- OUR CORRESPONDENT

I had lost all confidence, said 34-year-old Abdalla Alkhader, a Sudanese soldier who had lost his thumb, index and middle finger to a gunshot during a conflict in his country.Abdalla travelled to India for treatment and underwent a “toe-to-thumb” reconstruction surgery at a hospital here, regaining complete hand functions. After examining his condition, doctors recommended a free microvascular toe-to-thumb transfer, a complex procedure to restore a functional thumb using a toe, according to the hospital statement.