The right hand of 41-year old Matru Yadav of Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh was joined to the left wrist in the operation performed by six micro-surgical teams and three anaesthetical teams.
The man had lost both his hands in the recent explosion in the factory at Aruvangadu in Nilgiris district and was brought to the hospital on June two, Dr Raja Sabapathy, Head of the Department of Plastic and Hand and Microsurgery, said.
The patient is now recovering well after surgery, he said.