The dog then dropped the ear and attacked the woman's sister, scratching her face, before running off. Members of her family found the ear, wrapped it in a cloth, and rushed her to hospital. Surgeons took four hours to reattach it. Dr Charles Davis said the ear was badly torn, making it difficult to stitch back on. I told her the chance of successfully reattaching her ear was slim.
Ears are difficult to reattach because they only have a few small blood vessels.
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