Shia LaBeouf won’t be up to high-fiving any time soon. Hand injuries that the “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” star sustained during a July 27 DUI citation and car accident are far more serious than the actor has acknowledged.

“For a while there, it didn’t look good,” a source close to LaBeouf reveals to us. “Shia’s tendons had fused together, and right after the accident there was talk of a partial amputation.”

But things are looking up for the action star, who broke two fingers in the crash. LaBeouf underwent a second surgery two weeks ago and appears to be on the mend. Luckily for the 23-year-old, his pain became art. Writer Roberto Orci revealed that LaBeouf’s injury was written into the plot line of the actor’s upcoming “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” which is why he postponed a follow-up correctional procedure.

“Shia had one surgery postponed for ‘Transformers 2,’ but there’s no additional complications now,” a rep for the actor confirms. “It’s taken a while, but the surgery has been completed and Shia should be healing fine.”

LaBeouf isn’t the only movie man to have hand-related drama. Ben Stiller was admitted to N.Y.’s Mount Sinai Hospital on Sunday with trauma to his paw. But contrary to LaBeouf’s more severe condition, the funnyman’s injuries were a little less traumatic.

Amidst much secrecy, “one of the hospital’s top hand specialists was called in to treat him,” a snitch on the scene reports. Of the mangled mit his rep had only this to say, “I can confirm that he broke his hand snowboarding.”

Stiller may have had to spend a scary “Night at the Museum,” but the comedy king got away with only an afternoon at the hospital.

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