Shia's Finger To Be Amputated? Nope

Star Magazine is reporting that due to the accident Shia was in on July 27th, he may lose the pinky finger on his left hand. The report is from Star, whose reputation is spotty at best so I hope they are way off the mark.

Doctors have told Shia LaBeouf they may have to amputate one of his injured fingers, Star has learned exclusively.
The young star, now working on Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is likely to lose the pinky on his left hand, a source on the movie set says.

"Shia called producers yesterday and told them," the source on the set in Alamogordo, N.M. says. "It's really thrown the movie into turmoil."

Shia, 21, mangled his hand when his SUV rolled over twice in a July 27 accident in West Hollywood. He was cited for DUI although cops say they do not believe the accident was his fault.

A request for comment from Shia's rep was not answered at press time.

Bay has previously commented that Shia's "two fingers are pretty mashed...", or "crushed" as Shia's lawyers described it. Surgery was required to repair his hand after the accident. Sadly the need for an amputation is not far-fetched especially if the surgery didn't work or the area was infected enough that gangrene has set in. The only treatment once gangrene sets in is debridement or removal of the infected tissue, i.e. remove the finger. Hopefully Star's report will be confirmed as untrue so its too early to speculate the impact it would have on Transformers 2 production. Thanks to Melvin for the heads-up.

Update: As the picture from JustJared shows, about the only finger confirmed not to be damaged is his pinky finger so safe to say it is a keeper. But what if the amputation story is right but Star got the finger wrong? It's a "completely fabricated story," LaBeouf publicist Melissa Kates tells E! News.

There you go, Star's crack group of "reporters" have the story wrong to the surprise of no one. Thanks to Duh Splash and Luis in the comments for the updates on the story.