I'm sure there must have been a mishap or two somewhere along the line. The good thing is that the cutlasses are so sharp that it would be a "clean" cut- a surgeon's dream when you compare it to the mangled mess you see with wounds inflicted with dull cutlasses.
wuh allyuh fellahs does do when yuh get ah clean cut? just stitch it back normal like a gun mout pants and the tissue does just heal itself?
As long as you can reconnect the blood vessels to establish sufficient blood flow you've won 90% of the battle. It's not always possible to completely restore the nerve supply though, so there may be some neurological deficits ( mostly sensory)...but apart from that, once you re-attach the tendons and muscles every thing should heal nicely.
