5-YEAR DIGITAL REPLANTATION SERIES FROM THE FRIGID ZONE OF CHINA

Authors
ZHANG WD ZHOU GH ZHAO HR WEI Z MU YK
Citation
Wd. Zhang et al., 5-YEAR DIGITAL REPLANTATION SERIES FROM THE FRIGID ZONE OF CHINA, Microsurgery, 14(6), 1993, pp. 384-387
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Microsurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
07381085
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
384 - 387
Database
ISI
SICI code
0738-1085(1993)14:6<384:5DRSFT>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A series of 208 digital replantations from the frigid zone within the People's Republic of China is presented. The extremely cold climate (o ften -20-degrees-C to -30-degrees-C) presents the problem of warming e xposed amputated digits prior to replantation without causing further damage. An overall replantation survival rate of 94% is reported, and this includes 45 cases of multiple digit amputation. Longer periods of ischemia seem to be tolerated under these unusually frigid conditions . Problems encountered within the series and suggestions for successfu l outcomes are discussed. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.