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  "path": "/news/society/166730-pyatigorsk-doctors-save-hand-abdomen-surgery/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-14T16:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Trauma surgeons in the southern Russian city of Pyatigorsk performed an unusual reconstructive operation to save a patient's hand after a severe workplace-style injury.\nAccording to the city hospital's press service, the man suffered catastrophic damage when a heavy concrete slab crushed his hand and tore away most of the skin.\nDoctors Used a Rare Reconstructive Method\n\nTo save the limb and prevent infection, specialists at the Pyatigorsk City Clinical Hospital created a surgical \"pocket” inside the patient's abdominal cavity and placed the damaged hand inside it.",
  "title": "Russian Surgeons Sew Patient’s Hand Into Abdomen to Save Crushed Limb"
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