Surgeons save firefighter’s hand — by sewing it into his stomach

A UK firefighter who almost lost his left hand in a horrific injury was able to return to work — thanks to an unusual surgery which saw the hand sewn into his stomach to allow it to heal over the course of three weeks.

“My hand was crushed and I lost all of my grip strength and dexterity. It was quite a serious degloving injury,” Seward explained. However, it was only when a surgeon said he would have to amputate the ends of his fingers that Seward realized he may never be a firefighter again. “I suddenly realized that it might be possible to go back,” he recalled, adding that grip strength was his only physical barrier to qualifying again, as he had already mastered dead lifts and pull-ups.The determined man spent weeks modifying his old service gloves into a mitten for his injured hand and testing them out in training exercises.Six years after his injury, Seward was able to return to his job at the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service.

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