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An Assessment of the Place of Microvascular Repair in Traumatic Amputations of the Upper Limbs
Author(s) -
Miller Graeme D. H.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb05662.x
Subject(s) - medicine , amputation , surgery
Better functional results may be expected after reattachment of amputated fingers than after more proximal amputations. A method of microvascular repair is described, illustrated by the results of reattachment of amputated digits in seven patients, and an assessment of the place of reattachment is made. Reattachment is worthwhile when it is planned to save one or two digits for opposition, but rarely in single finger injuries, and it is of decreasing value with higher amputations.