Knife attack victims to receive delicate surgeries

Zhang Zhiming (L), a primary school student injured in a knife attack, receives medical treatment in a hospital in Guangshan County, central China's Henan Province, Dec. 14, 2012.

Eight out of 23 children wounded in a knife attack in central China's Henan

Province will receive delicate surgeries, especially on their facial wounds,

doctors said Tuesday.

The eight elementary school students from Guangshan County have been

transferred from local hospitals to Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, capital city of

neighboring Hubei Province, for better treatment.

Doctors in the hospital said the children are in stable conditions and

their injuries are not life-threatening. Future treatments will focus on plastic

surgery and psychological rehabilitation and comforting.

Deng Fei, a plastic surgeon, said the initial treatment of their wounds,

mostly on their faces, will leave distinct scars, as thicker needles and threads

were used.

"Such treatments will have a severe impact on the kids' appearances,

leaving with them psychological shadows," Deng said.

Deng said surgeons in the hospital will operate on the wounds again,

using glues and professional surgical threads to make the scars less noticeable,

which will be good for the children's return to society.

The children are also receiving psychological rehabilitation and

comforting in the hospital.

Min Yongjun, a 36-year-old resident of Guangshan, burst into the home of

an elderly woman on Friday and stabbed her with a kitchen knife. Min then went

to Chenpeng Village Elementary School and stabbed 23 students as they arrived

for class.