Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re Grow” Man’s Finger!

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• S. FL Doctor Uses New Technology To “Re-Grow” Man’s Finger! 
  by http://miami.cbslocal.com/ 
  DELRAY BEACH (CBSMiami) — It’s being called a medical marvel. A south Florida doctor used a unique procedure to actually grow back a man’s finger that a horse bit off.
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  According to Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez, Paul Halpern, 33, arrived in Delray Beach with his finger in a zip lock bag.  The insurance company wanted the rest of the finger amputated. However, a doctor wanted to try a unique procedure.
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  “This one right here, my index finger,” said Halpern. Halpern was feeding his prized, hungry horse when it confused it for a cookie.
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  “After the treat it made a mistake. It’s a difficult horse and is had history using our training methods,” Halpern recalled. The mistake cost him a third of his index finger.  “One of the guys that worked with me reached his hand in the horse’s mouth, took the fingertip out, and I jumped in the car, grabbed the rest of my finger wondering what we should do,” said Halpern.
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  On the way to the hospital, Paul put his fingertip on a popsicle, but it wasn’t enough to save the extremity. Then, he heard about a Deerfield Beach doctor that might have a way to fix the finger. “He really wanted to have his finger healed, and fast,” said Dr. Eugenio Rodriguez.
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