Tissue from a pig’s bladder may prove to be an essential part of regrowing tissue after a south Florida doctor used it to regrow a man’s finger.
After having part of his finger bitten off by a difficult horse, Paul Halpern visited a hospital in Delray Beach with his finger in a bag. After examining the injury, Doctor Eugenio Rodriguez decided to try an experimental treatment, despite the insurance agency’s request for amputation.
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“This is something, that there actually is no experience into this,” Dr. Rodriguez said to CBS Miami.
The use of the experimental treatment was able to successfully regrow Halpern’s finger.
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