Doctor have performed an Extraordinary operation to save a man’s severed hand by attaching it to his leg. The man's hand was successfully grafted back on to his wrists after a month, when the nerves and tendons had healed from the trauma. The rare operation was performed at a hospital in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province in central China. worker, named only as Mr Zhou, lost his left hand when it was completely severed by a spinning blade machine at the factory where he worked. The injuries to his arm were so severe that the surgical team, headed by Dr Tang Juyu of Xiangya Hospital, believed time had to be allowed for nerves and tendons to heal.