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Zhong Wei Chen  

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  • Zhong Wei Chen was a Chinese microsurgeon and orthopedic surgeon who became a leader in his field when he became the first to perform and publish a report of a hand reattachment in 1963. After this successful operation, Chen developed many other microsurgery procedures while working at the Sixth People's Hospital in Shanghai, China. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Chen, Zhong Wei (1929–2004)]

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