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Replantation of severed fingers: two unique cases
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Air Force Hospital, Urumqi, Xin Jiang, People's Republic of China.
Microsurgery
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
Two cases of amputated digits are reported. One involved a period of ischemia at freezing temperatures, and the other at unusually high temperatures. Both fingers survived upon replantation. The implications of extreme temperature upon ischemic tissues are discussed.