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Adult Mouse Digit Amputation and Regeneration: A Simple Model to Investigate Mammalian Blastema Formation and Intramembranous Ossification
Published on: July 12, 2019
Management of amputated digits
T Welman1, D Popova1, S V Vamadeva1
1Department of Plastic Surgery, The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Abstract:
Traumatic digit amputations account for 1% of all trauma admissions and are an important cause of morbidity in young, working people. It is essential that patients are worked up appropriately and referred promptly to a specialist unit for consideration of replantation. This review summarises the acute management of a patient presenting to the emergency department with an amputated digit. It discusses the assessment, initial management in the emergency department, how to make the decision to replant and operative steps.
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