DUBAI // Doctors reattached a woman’s thumb that had been pulled off her hand in a tug of war game.
The woman, in her late 20s, lost her thumb after her friend convinced her that wrapping the rope around her fingers would be more effective in the game.
Dr Khalid Al Awadi, head of the Hand Unit at Rashid Hospital, said surgery to reattach the thumb took around 6 hours.
“The doctors fixed the thumb with a metal wire and repaired the nerves and muscles. After the thumb heals, which will take around six weeks, the metal wire will be removed,” said Dr Al Awadi.
The woman will be able to move her thumb once the wire is removed and will have to undergo physiotherapy.
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