Jimmy Fallon explains hand injury in 'Tonight Show' return: Finger almost had to be amputated

Jimmy Fallon returned to NBC's Tonight Show on Monday for his first show since his hand injury, and he managed to be in a good spirits about the frightening ordeal.

During the show, Fallon explained that he experienced "ring avulsion" when his ring got snagged on a countertop on June 26 and caused his finger to go "sideways."

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He was taken to Beth Israel Hospital's emergency room in New York City but soon ended up at Bellevue Hospital Center, where he was treated by a specialist in hand micro-surgery.

"Apparently, the odds aren't great, and usually they just cut your finger off," Fallon said about the situation. He ended up undergoing a six-hour surgical procedure involving doctors taking a vein from his foot and reconnecting it with tissue in his finger.

"I won't get feeling back for eight weeks," he said, adding: "I was in the ICU for 10 days."

The talk show host thanked the medical team that assisted him, and he even found a bright side to the ordeal. "I should say the fall was funny," Fallon pointed out. "I'm a comedian, so I have to fall funny."

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