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The Spontaneous Healing of Hand Wounds
Author(s) -
Conolly W. Bruce
Publication year - 1974
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.1445-2197.1974.tb03911.x
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , amputation , wound healing , wound closure
Selected transverse palmar and finger wounds, septic amputation stumps, and fingertip wounds were allowed to heal spontaneously. This healing process had advantages over primary wound closure in being virtually free of hœmatoma and infective complications and in allowing early postoperative finger movements.