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Late arterial thrombosis in a replanted thumb: a case report

P A Griffin1, E Tan, J Katsaros

  • 1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.

A case of arterial occlusion occurred nine years after replantation of a thumb. Factors implicated were smoking and repeated blunt trauma to the first web space. The digit was successfully revascularized after excision of a segment of thrombosed arterial vein graft.

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