TY - JOUR
T1 - Secondary procedures following digital replantation and revascularisation
AU - Yu, J. C.
AU - Shieh, Shyh-Jou
AU - Lee, Jing-Wei
AU - Hsu, H. Y.
AU - Chiu, H. Y.
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - In this retrospective study, 79 digits of 55 patients received 102 secondary procedures following replantation. We divided the procedures into two groups, occurring before or after 2 months following replantation. The procedures in the early group were mainly for soft tissue coverage (92%), and those in that late group were mainly for tendon (67%) to improve function. Factors associated with higher incidence of early secondary procedures included multiple-finger injury, avulsion or degloving injury and level of injury proximal to zone III in finger replantation (p < 0.05). However, younger patients and those with proximal level replantation in fingers had more late secondary procedures (p < 0.05). Flexor tenolysis procedure significantly improved the digital function after replantation (p < 0.05).
AB - In this retrospective study, 79 digits of 55 patients received 102 secondary procedures following replantation. We divided the procedures into two groups, occurring before or after 2 months following replantation. The procedures in the early group were mainly for soft tissue coverage (92%), and those in that late group were mainly for tendon (67%) to improve function. Factors associated with higher incidence of early secondary procedures included multiple-finger injury, avulsion or degloving injury and level of injury proximal to zone III in finger replantation (p < 0.05). However, younger patients and those with proximal level replantation in fingers had more late secondary procedures (p < 0.05). Flexor tenolysis procedure significantly improved the digital function after replantation (p < 0.05).
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U2 - 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00033-X
DO - 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00033-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 12791355
AN - SCOPUS:0037805253
VL - 56
SP - 125
EP - 128
JO - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
JF - Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
SN - 1748-6815
IS - 2
ER -