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Alexander Mortera, working in a tanker ship, had wounds on his middle and ring fingers of his right hand after they were entangled in heavy steel cables.
Referred by shipping doctor M S Putran, Mortera approached Orthopaedic surgeon Ramachandra Bhat of Athena hospital, who in turn, suspecting vascular injury contacted Plastic and micro vascular surgeon P Sathish Bhat.
Emergency
Bhat noticed total absence of blood circulation in the fingers, beyond the injury and decided to perform an emergency microvascular surgery to restore the blood flow.
The injured ‘digital artery’ was delicately cleaned and the blood vessels were repaired quickly, thus availing oxygen supply to the fingers.
The surgery involved stitches thinner than human hair and micro surgery techniques.
The patient has recovered, the release added.