"Paul" wrote in message
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Rod Speed wrote:

"michael adams" wrote in message
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and nerves and all sorts to would need joining up.

But still quite feasible.

It helps if the cut is a "fine" one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replantation

"Sharp, guillotine-type injuries with relatively uninjured surrounding
tissue have the best post-replantation prognosis,
with a success rate of 77%"

Makes you wonder what the other 23% looked like.

Pretty mangled most likely if it was an angle grinder or chainsaw.

OK, is this one a "keeper" or not ?

True. I actually lost the end of my pointing finger
when I was an early teenager, to a paper guillotine
but that was back in the days before they even
tried to attach it again. The first knuckle is still
there but nothing beyond that.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...stitches_2.jpg