In Petropavl, doctors performed complex surgery on a 21-year-old man whose hand got caught in a meat grinder. Medics managed to preserve the surviving parts of his fingers and create conditions for the restoration of his hand. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
This was reported by the Multidisciplinary City Emergency Medical Care Hospital.
Patient was brought in in serious condition
The young man was brought to the trauma center in serious condition. As a result of the incident, he lost part of his fingers, and the bones, tendons and soft tissues of his right hand were also damaged.
The patient was urgently hospitalized in the trauma department. The main task of the surgical team was to preserve the undamaged parts of the fingers and restore the function of the hand as much as possible.
What was done during the surgery
According to the hospital, during the operation traumatologists fixed the damaged bones with metal structures, treated the wounds and repaired the torn tendons.
"During the operation, traumatologists fixed the damaged bones with metal structures, treated the wounds and repaired the torn tendons. Despite the severity of the injury, the specialists managed to preserve the remaining parts of the fingers," the hospital said.
Treatment and recovery
After the surgical intervention, the man continued treatment in the hospital. In total, he spent 16 days in the hospital. Ahead of the patient is the restoration of the function of the damaged hand.
Thus, despite the severity of the injury, doctors in Petropavl managed to preserve the surviving parts of the fingers and create conditions for the restoration of the hand.