Can a human leg or foot be successfully sewn back on .... if cut off.... and fee!
Question:
Can a human leg or foot be successfully sewn back on .... if cut off.... and feeling and motion restored ??
Answers:
It depends on several things: the level of amputation, the amount of local injury to the limb, the degree of circulatory compromise to the amputated part.
usually if an amputated foot or hand is sewn on within a couple of hours of the injury (as long as it's been promptly iced), and if there is not too much local crush injury to the basic limb or the amputated part, most normal gross function can return. However, fine motor touch and sensation may be affected as nerves don't really regenerate, and new peripheral neural connections must be made to compensate.
The general rule is, the more distal the amputation is on the limb, the better the outcome. SO reattaching a finger is going to go better than reattaching a whole hand.