Always respect the tool. Table saw vs hand
Posted Mar 25, 2020, 1:30 AM UTC
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Not the standard angle for a table saw injury... Save the middle? Verdict on thumb?
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Agree, unusual certainly. Usually they just do a thumb-ectomy.
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Middle was unfortunately beyond salvage, though much of the skin was useful for a filet flap
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Thumb, sadly, was history. Trapezium obliterated, vessels were a disaster.
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Don't smoke, folks.
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Until that last sentence I wondered why you didn't stick the thumb back on at least
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with this quarantine, I've seen lots of more cases of saw injuries with people without experience.
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Always surprising how artificial looking bodies become once they've had an unfortunate encounter with a heavy tool.
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Bodies*
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woopsie thank you😅
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[x-post from r/handsurgery]
This poor gent was about 70 and loved woodworking.
He still does. He just does it with seven fingers now
Also... carefully