Hello tmi : D
I just found something that have to share with you guys.
It's the story of a 13-year-old guy that got bitten in the palm by a rattlesnake.
His arm must have swollen up like a balloon (sadly there aren't any pre-op pictures) and they cut it open to release the pressure D :
But read and see for yourselves : D
Pictures of surgery, dead tissue and skin transplants.
http://www.rattlesnakebite.org/index.htm