The wound left by the amputation was too large to stitch closed, so the doctors had to stitch his hands to his abdomen to encourage grafting of some of the flesh from there; once the skin had grown back over, they cut them apart again.
首先是切除 10 隻凍傷壞死的手指，由於切口太大，無法縫合，醫生把他的雙手縫在小腹上，以移植皮肉；等皮膚和手指密合後，再把皮肉割下來。