Your doctor will sew together the nerves, blood vessels, and tendons inside your finger. This helps to keep your finger alive and heal well after it's reattached. Reattachment. The bones are rejoined with screws and plates or wires.

How does reattaching a limb work?

Limb Replantation Surgery

Replantation is a surgical procedure where amputated body parts are reattached to the body. To perform replantation, surgeons often repair injured bony structures as well as tendons, blood vessels, nerves, and skin. Surgeons may also need to repair additional soft tissue coverage.

Can a chopped off hand be reattached?

If an accident or trauma results in complete amputation (the body part is totally severed), the part sometimes can be reattached, often when proper care is taken of the severed part and stump, or residual limb. In a partial amputation, some soft-tissue connection remains.