I completely severed the tendon in my right hand middle finger and went to the er where they stitched me up and told me to contact a hand surgeon. Two days later the orthopedic hand surgeon told me that tendons die very quickly so he tethered some kind of cable to each end of the viable tendon and it worked. I have 80% usage of that finger but it took several years to achieve that.
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Reply to ELI5: How does surgery on tendons work? by RaphaelRhyss
I completely severed the tendon in my right hand middle finger and went to the er where they stitched me up and told me to contact a hand surgeon. Two days later the orthopedic hand surgeon told me that tendons die very quickly so he tethered some kind of cable to each end of the viable tendon and it worked. I have 80% usage of that finger but it took several years to achieve that.