Zhongjia Yu, Chinese orthopedist (1929 – Shanghai 27 April 2020)
Successfully made the world’s first reconstruction of a new perceptual and flexible handwith self-toes transfer to the amputated forearm stump known as China hand (1978)
Created the reconstruction of whole hand missing or all fingers missing
Developed free tissue transplantation with cross bridge vascular anastomosis
Developed free tissue combined transplantation to reconstruct the missing (1987)
Developed and improved procedures of toe-to-hand transplantation
OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS / BIBLIOGRAPHY
With C.Y. Fan, X.D. Liu, P.H. Cai, P.Z. Jiang & B.F. Zeng. Modification of hand reconstruction with unilateral foot donation. Chin. Med. J. 120 (13):1206-8, 2007
With Y.C. Huang, S. Yu & S.P. Sui. Thumb reconstruction in a bilateral upper extremity amputee: an alternative to the Krukenberg procedure. J. Hand Surg. Am. 24(1):194-7, 1999
With H.G. He. Method of reconstructing thumb, index and/or middle finger for digitless hands. Chin. Med. J. 98:868, 1985
With C.W. Chen & Y. Wang. A new method of treatment of congenital tibial pseudoarthrosis using free vascularized fibrilar graft. Ann. Acad. Med. Singapore 8(4):465-73, 1979