Anthony Lelliott almost completely cut off his hand in two places - but doctors were able to help him regain the use of his hand through unusual means
"There are many surgeons who, once they'd seen that level of injury, would think it was unsalvageable," Mr Adlard said.The carpenter, from Walton-on-Thames in Surrey, said he lost a lot of blood at the scene and remembers little of the incident itself.
He said:"I don't know whether it was my brain playing tricks on me, but it was like an out of body experience; I could see myself what I'd done.Mr Lelliott has regained some movement and feeling in his handThen, they harvested nerve and vein grafts from his forearm and foot respectively, with these used to bridge gaps across his wounds.
After working overnight to carry out the operation which saved Mr Lelliott's hand, doctors noticed that his middle finger lacked bone stability or feeling and opted to sacrifice it and use the bone and skin to help reconstruct his palm. But there was still not enough skin to cover his palm, so doctors cut a flap of skin in his groin and sewed his hand to it, leaving it there for two weeks.They cut it free once the skin from his groin had grown new roots to where it had transferred to Mr Lelliott's hand.Mr Lelliott praised the hospital, saying he had received"fantastic" care."It's unbelievable really, I'm so grateful.
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