Former Italian footballer reattaches hand of builder who cut it off with saw

[Ulysses31]

Kudos to the surgeon, it's hard enough to get to play for a top Serie A side like Cagliari let alone go on to become a top surgeon, and still only 36! :clap: :hatsoff:

Former footballer reattaches hand of builder who cut it off with saw


Builder Harry Wones seemed destined to lose his hand after it was cut through by a circular saw – until former Italian football-turned-surgeon Andrea Figus led a team to reattach it.

Saved: Surgery performed by Andrea Figus on Harry Wones' hand after he severed it with a circular saw helped save it

X-ray shows the severity of the damage


Harry Wones spent ten hours under the knife as former Cagliari player Andrea Figus and other experts took a vein from his foot to reconstruct the arteries in the palm of his left hand and restore the blood flow.

The father-of-one, from Ellingham, Suffolk, is now receiving physiotherapy twice a week as he takes the steps to a full recovery.

He praised the Sardinian surgeon and his colleagues at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, describing them as ‘first class’.

‘Mr Figus was so positive – he was absolutely brilliant,’ he added.

Mr Wones, 33, was working on a house on February 4 when he lost concentration. The razor-sharp saw sliced through his palm, leaving it attached by a piece of skin.

He was taken by air ambulance to hospital where Mr Figus performed the surgery.

Left: Harry Wones had his hand almost completely cut off in a saw accident (Picture: Archant)
Right: Andrea Figus led a team to reattach Harry Wones' hand (Picture: Archant)


The former Italian Serie A player, 36, said: ‘He was very lucky because he did not lose anything and we were able to save his hand. In terms of function he won’t recover completely 100 per cent because all structures have been completely cut.

‘What we eventually hope is to give him the pinch function. Hopefully if he recovers half the function he had before that would be a great result.’

Ellingham builder Harry Wones with his reattached hand after cutting it with a circular saw (Picture: Andy Darnell)



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[FrostyBoy]

Mr Wones, 33, was working on a house on February 4 when he lost concentration. The razor-sharp saw sliced through his palm, leaving it attached by a piece of skin.

I'm seriously not trying to be a wise-ass here but, pay some fucking attention around razor sharp equipment that's spinning at high rates of speed.

I'm glad he's getting a happy ending though.

 

[Elwood70]

I'm glad to see the happy ending,but since this is Freeones, the question needs to be asked:

Is he a rightie or a lefty? Is he you know,gonna have to switch hands?

 

[Johan]

Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool !!!!

 

[domshooter]

I'm seriously not trying to be a wise-ass here but, pay some fucking attention around razor sharp equipment that's spinning at high rates of speed.

I'm glad he's getting a happy ending though.

actually it happens a ton more than you think. carpenters are known for making hasty (and stupid) mistakes like that. putting a board on their leg and then cutting, moving too quick with the saw and slicing through their hands etc etc