This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by YAMANO, Y. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by YAMANO, Y. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Replantation of Fingertips

From the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

Correspondence: Yoshiki Yamano, MD, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, 701–01 Japan

During the period between 1976 and 1990, 207 fingertips have been replanted in 133 male and 55 female patients whose ages ranged from 14 months to 80 years, with an average of 32.7 years. Of the 207 fingers with complete amputation, 131 were injured in zone 1 and 76 in zone 2. The minimum follow-up period was 6 months.

The results of zone 1 amputation have been analyzed according to the type of injury. The survival rate was 100% in clean-cut amputation, 95% in blunt-cut, 64.3% in crush and 65.5% in avulsion. From the point of view of survival and function, satisfactory results were obtained in amputations in zone 2, and in all cases in zone 1 that were clean-cut or blunt-cut.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 18, No. 2, 157-162 (1993)
DOI: 10.1016/0266-7681(93)90095-W


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?