Remmy14 t1_jacrogz wrote
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What is the prognosis regarding feeling where the saw went in? I had a very similar cut on my thumb when I was much younger (though not with a saw blade, but just a knife). No bone damage, but the flap of skin hanging off was numb for some time. Eventually, though, the feeling in that part of my finger did come back, and the only thing that remains is a pretty gnarly scar.
Hopefully you'll have a similar recovery. Also, room looks great, my wife wants to do something similar.
ty556 OP t1_jadgkzb wrote
We’re shooting for 50 - 60% mobility restored in the proximal joint. Ha have pretty solid movement in all the other joints on the finger. Feeling wise where the saw entered is where the median nerve (?) runs. The surgeon was flabbergasted I didn’t cut that. He doesn’t understand how it didn’t get cut given the location and damage. It’s tingly where the saw entered and slightly numbe around. Other then that I have good feeling in my top and else where.
The suregeon, specializes in hand trauma, said it’s one of the more catastrophic finger injuries he’s seen mostly due to the fragmentation of the bone which is shown in the x-ray a bit, but the CT scan showed a much more dire picture.
All things considered it’s a positive prognosis, it won’t be the same, but it will be functional.
Remmy14 t1_jadi4w8 wrote
That's good to hear. Sucks that it happened, but all things considered, it's positive.
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