Current trends in digital replantation-a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

Digital replantation for traumatic amputation has become the standard of care with advances in microsurgical techniques and technology. While digital replantation has progressed significantly, there are still gaps in knowledge in many aspects. Some of the controversial topics in digital replantation include the indications and contraindications, anesthesia, number of vessel anastomoses, mechanism of injury, role of vein graft, distal fingertip replantation, and postoperative management. This article is a narrative review that discusses these controversies and current issues pertaining to digital replantation.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, and Google scholar were searched using keywords relating to "digit replantation", "amputation", and "digital re

SUBMITTER: Chang MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11304438 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature