Surgeons Save Construction Worker's Hand After Gruesome Accident

A construction worker in India almost lost his hand following an accident at a concrete plant. Ibrahim Khan's hand was left hanging on by just one tendon after it got stuck in a cement crusher. He was rushed to a local hospital where doctors managed to stabilize him before transporting him to Nobel Hospital where surgeons managed to put his hand back together. 

 Dr. Abhishek Ghosh and a team of surgeons worked against the clock for six hours "painstakingly"  reconstructing his "artery, veins, nerves, and tendons."

"All the muscles of the hand were avulsed from the proximal origin," Ghosh said. "It was near to impossible to reconstruct the hand or replant it. We took it as a challenge, and did a reconstructive surgery, racing against time, and succeeded in saving his hand."

Khan was placed in intensive care for three weeks following the complex surgery. He now is starting to regain feeling in his hand and will start physical therapy with the hope of experiencing movement in his hand within the next three to four months.

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