[ScottUK]

No way will that heal

[ScottUK]

Take a look at this surgeon's Twitter account and see how difficult it is to save damaged limbs, makes fascinating reading although I don't understand all the medical terms

Take a look at Matija Krkovic (@mkrkovic): https://twitter.com/mkrkovic?s=09

[ChristySD]

Originally Posted by AngelAssassin ↗

This is an advanced procedure for the 'third world'. Think of it as two separate injuries, the broken bone and the soft tissue injury. This type of broken bone, if still covered with flesh, is easily treated. The pins are holding the leg in it's correct position until the bone, possibly with grafts, has the chance to grow back together.
The flesh injury, even with the missing tissue, is fairly easy to fix. The leg wound will be closed up with skin grafts. Think of a shark bite injury where a chunk of flesh is taken out. It won't look pretty once healed but is still certainly a viable limb as long as there is blood flow to the lower part of the leg, and nerve connections. You can see in the video that he is moving his toes for the doctor. They are checking that the limb is still viable and has not 'died', which then, at that point, would call for an amputation.

I have to disagree with your position. I was premed and was going to specialize in trauma surgery (aka making hamburger meat back into a human). There is a good part of the bone missing at this point. We are beyond the point of no return for a bone graft.... too much time has passed. Yes, he still has feeling, to a point, and can wiggle his toes (nervous system which is differentiated from the skeletal). I'm sure he will still feel his toes right up to the point when they perform a BKA (below the knee amputation).