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Can sleeves with functional buttons like this be easily shortened?

Megalith

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Everyone says that shortening sleeves with working buttons is impractical, but do they specifically mean surgeon's cuffs? I have a bunch of jackets with sleeves that need shortening with functional buttons, but they aren't arranged in typical fashion. I've taken a photo of one to demonstrate what I mean.

http://i.imgur.com/5TwYJFJ.jpg

Can these sleeves be shortened without a problem?

And I have another jacket where the buttons are arranged exactly like this, but they rest on an actual cuff. I figure the tailor could just remove the cuff entirely and just re-attach it to the shortened sleeve without even needing to touch the buttons?
 

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