A woman in Moscow nearly lost her finger after her wedding ring…
A woman in Moscow nearly lost her finger after her wedding ring caught on a fence during gardening work, causing the finger to be almost completely severed. Surgeons at the Eramishantsev City Hospital's Microsurgery Center successfully reattached the finger by restoring bones, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, and soft tissues.
Consensus
- The woman lost part of her ring finger due to a wedding ring catching on a fence during gardening work.
- She suffered a severe injury when she sharply pulled her hand away, nearly severing the finger completely.
- She was treated at the Center for Microsurgery of the Hand at GKB named after Eramishantsev in Moscow.
- Surgeons successfully restored bones, tendons, nerves, blood vessels and soft tissues during a complex operation.
- The woman is currently undergoing rehabilitation to restore finger function.
- Medical professionals emphasized that rings do not slip off during sudden movements but instead tighten and cause severe tissue damage.
Points of divergence
- A month earlier, doctors at the Pediatric University restored the hand of a 15-year-old schoolgirl who suffered serious trauma on a production site in Leningrad Oblast. — fontanka
- The patient is described as a 'young woman' or 'girlfriend'. — vm
- The head of the Center for Microsurgery of the Hand, Georgy Nazaryan, stated that rings do not slip off but tighten and damage tissues. — vesti
- A 17-year-old boy was previously saved from amputation after a skiing accident involving an arterial bleed; surgeons restored blood circulation in his arm. — m24
Coverage (7 sources)
- Moscow woman sews back finger torn off by wedding ring — Фонтанка
- Moscow woman tore off her finger with a wedding ring — НТВ Москва
- Warning: Harsh Footage — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Surgeons reattached Moscow woman's finger severed by a ring caught on a fence — Вечерняя Москва
- Moscow woman nearly lost a finger due to engagement ring — Mash
- Capital doctors saved Moscow woman's finger severed by engagement ring — Вести
- Doctors in Moscow helped a woman who almost lost her finger due to an engagement ring — Москва 24
Key entities
- Moscow
- Center for Microsurgery of the Hand, GKB named after Yeramishantsev
- Ministry of Health
- Depzdrav
- Ministry of Health
- Moskvichka
- Moskvichka
- Center of Hand Microsurgery of the Gorky Hospital named after Eramishantsyev