Another (probably) morbid question

"SHARPSPEED" (SHARPSPEED) 12/10/2015 at 19:24 • Filed to: None

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This one is for folks with some medical/surgical experience. If there’s any docs in the house, make yourself known. I have a proto-F40 for you (and I need a main pic because the other pic I’m gonna include might be a bit NSFW)

So, scenario time: Oh no! You’ve been in an awful accident and your arm’s been lopped off! Good news though is the lopped off bit is intact, an ambulance is on the way, some unspecified time and a surgery later, you’re sitting pretty in a hospital looking something like this:

You got your arm back and everything’s cool, besides the sick scar you have now. Now, limb reattachment is nothing new, and now we can even attach parts from other donors. My question is though, what’s the limb like now. Like the guy up here with the reattached hand. Besides the scarring, is he good as new? Does he have complete motor control over everything? I mean obviously there’s probably some post-reattachment pherapy but once it’s all said and done is it like he never really lost his hand at all? Or is he gonna have trouble doing things like grabbing or pointing for the rest of his life? I tried looking for answered but anywhere I did just went over the basics of reattachment.

scoob > SHARPSPEED 12/10/2015 at 19:26

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WHY DID I CLICK :’(

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > SHARPSPEED 12/10/2015 at 19:36

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As far as the full control and sensation in the reattached limb no matter how good the surgeon is there will always be some sort of deficit. My mom cut her thumb off when I was 11 or 12 and even though they were able to reattach the nerves and tendons her thumb is still numb to this day. She’s burned it a few times because she has no feeling in it. The nerves are usually the hardest to reconnect and get working 100%

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > SHARPSPEED 12/10/2015 at 19:41

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I imagine it’s never going to be good as new. I’ve had much much less severe injuries that left lasting effects. For example I’ve broken 3 fingers and now none of them have the same movement they used to and I occasionally get pain in one. A severed limb would be that x 1000.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > scoob 12/10/2015 at 20:54

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For the same reason people watch this:

https://www.youtube.com/user/DrSandraL…

Morbid curiosity.

Funktheduck > BaconSandwich is tasty. 12/10/2015 at 22:44

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Not cool

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > SHARPSPEED 12/11/2015 at 07:52

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Probably there will be at least some lack of feeling. Nerves are hard to reattach. A friend of mine got his fingers caught in a roller feeder several years ago. He's had quite a few surgeries and has most of the function back, but much of the area is numb. I imagine a situation where the limb is severed completely would be much worse.