Finger Replantation Optimization Study (FRONT): Update on National Trends.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Traumatic digit amputations have an adverse impact on patients' daily living. Despite experts advocating for digit replantation, studies have shown a continued decrease in rate of replantation. We performed a national-level investigation to examine the recent trend of practice for digital replantation.

Methods

We used the National Inpatient Sample database under the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project to select adult patients with traumatic digit amputation from 2001 to 2014. We calculated the rate of attempted and rate of successful digit replantation per year, subcategorizing for digit type (thumb or finger) and for hospital type (rural, urban nonteaching, or urban teaching). We also analyzed the pattern of distribution of case volume to each hospital type per

SUBMITTER: Cho HE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176738 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature