[Sensory disorders in patients with replanted upper extremities]

A study was made of the clinical characteristics and the dynamics of the recovery of different type sensitivity in 87 patients who had undergone replantation of amputated large segments of the upper limbs. No differences were revealed in the dynamics of the recovery of painful and tactile sensations. During the first year after trauma, the articular muscular sensation outstripped the painful and tactile ones. Investigation of discrimination sensitivity acquires significance only half a year after trauma, namely after the recovery of the painful sensitivity. The choice of the methods and scope of investigation of sensitivity should be made with regard to the period of the recovery of nervous function of the replanted limb and the time that elapsed after trauma.