Doctors of the University of Pediatrics in St. Petersburg saved the hand of a two-year-old boy who was struck by an electric meat grinder. In this respect reported In the press office of the hospital.
A boy from the Pskov region was admitted to a medical institution from the district hospital of the region. The boy’s hand was completely damaged: bones, tendons, blood vessels, nerves were crushed.
“There was actually an amputation; the hand was held by several ties. Our task was to preserve living tissues, restore limb anatomy and blood circulation,” said Anton Volkov, the hospital’s microsurgeon.
Doctors kept a small patient’s hand on hold for more than five hours. Now the child is in intensive care.
According to the doctors, it is too early to make a prediction about the recovery. The doctors said that the boy will have a long rehabilitation anyway.
Earlier in Kazakhstan, a three-year-old boy crushed his hand in a meat grinder. amputated fingers.