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Melbourne toddler's toes turned into fingers ...dubbed 'tingers' by her doctors.
(Wednesday September 17th, 2008)The Age

A Melbourne toddler has undergone a remarkable operation to have two toes surgically reattached to her left hand which had lacked any functioning fingers.

Monash Medical Centre plastic surgeon Dr Guy Dowling, who performed the 10-hour operation with three surgical teams a week ago, explained the medical diffculties of delving into the unknown.

Read the Full article in The Age.

Toddler gives herself a hand
(Thursday September 18th, 2008)Herald-Sun

A TODDLER whose malformed fingers were replaced with two of her toes in a 10-hour operation is now moving her new "tingers".

Read the Full article in the Herald Sun.

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Girl gets finger transplant
September 17, 2008: The story of two-year-old Bridey Turnbull, born with malformed fingers, but thanks to doctors at Melbourne's Dandenong Hospital including Guy Dowling and David Ying, she has had her tiny hand rebuilt.

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Photo gallery: The amazing operation to give brave Bridey fingers
(Thursday September 17th, 2008). Dandenong Leader

Born with symbrachydactyly, a condition characterised by extremely short and malformed fingers, Bridey’s left hand has no usable digits. A team of surgeons that included Guy Dowling and David Ying performed a marathon operation to remove her fingers, then take the second toe from each of her feet and transplant them on to her hand to create “tingers”, eventually giving her an opposable thumb and pinkie.

Read the Dandenong Leader Article.
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