Pediatric fingertip replantation with super-microsurgery

Microsurgery: Free Tissue Transfer and Replantation

Fingertip replantation: Technical considerations and outcome analysis of 24 consecutive fingertip replantations

Fingertip amputations are one of the most common injuries faced in an emergency department. Finger tip replantation though technically possible, are not regularly done due to the presumed complexity of the procedure and doubts about the outcome. This article deals with our experience of 24 fingertip replantations in 24 patients done over a period of 8 years since the year 2000. Twenty-one finge...

Fingertip Replantation with the Use of a Long Vein Graft: Training Young Surgeons in a Feasible Technique to Maintain Optimal Results

Digital replantation using microsurgery has progressed remarkably since the first thumb replantation report by Komatsu and Tamai in 1968.1 It is now a common hand surgery procedure, and even fingertips are replanted with high success rates between 70 and 90%.2–7 A systematic review in 2011 found good outcomes in terms of both the success rate and postoperative function.8 In many reports, the su...

Fingertip replantation (zone I) without venous anastomosis: clinical experience and outcome analysis

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to report our experience of fingertip replantation without venous anastomosis using alternate method to counter post-operative venous congestion. METHODS 30 Patients (18 men and 12 women) with 30 fingertip amputations (Tamai zone I) were treated with artery-only anastomosis fingertip replantation between March 2010 and July 2014. Postoperative venous outf...

A retrospective study of retrograde versus antegradepalm arteriovenous anastomosis in the distal fingertip replantation

Although replantation of fingertip is technically possible, advances in microsurgery have made salvage of amputated fingers a commonly performed procedure. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the functional outcomes after retrograde (RAA) versus antegrade (AAA) palm arteriovenous anastomosis in the distal fingertip replantation. The results showed that survival rate, appearance and digit...