Trends in Digit Replantation and Revision Amputation in the United States From 2009 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Digit amputations can be managed either with replantation or revision amputation. The advent and refinement of microsurgical techniques allowed for the reliable success of replantation. Despite this, rates of digit replantation have been decreasing over the past several decades. A paucity of data exists on recent trends. The authors hypothesize that rates of both replantation and revision amputation will continue to downtrend.

Methods

IBM Watson Health Marketscan Commercial Claims and Encounters and Medicare Supplemental databases were queried for digit replantation and revision amputations from 2009 to 2019. National volumes and incidences were estimated by combining these data with population data from the United States Census Bureau Public Use Microdata Sample. Li

SUBMITTER: Monir JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11652304 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature