Joe A Shaw PA-C - 2/5/2009

Question
i was wideling with a knife and i stabbed myself pretty deep. i cleaned it and put a band-aid on it. i took it off, and there was fat in the wound. I had to pull it out, and so i did. i cant bend my pinky, and when i strech out my hand, it is 3 centimeters away from my ring finger. did i cut my tendon, and if i did, what can i do?

Answer
William,
Yes it sounds like you might have severed your flexor tendon. I would go to the ER for a referral to a ortho hand surgeon and also so you can be started on antibiotics and get a tetnus shot. They will need to reattach tendon--(same day surgery kind of thing)