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KMID : 0358819870140010051
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Journal of Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
1987 Volume.14 No. 1 p.51 ~ p.58
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCES OF REPLANTATION OF AMPUTED DIGITS DISTAL TO THE PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT -66 Cases Report-
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Kim Sin-Gun
Kim Woo-Kyung
Kim Soo-Shin
Baek Se-Min
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Abstract
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The incidence of hand injury increases steadily due to development of industrial activities, traffic accidents and complicated society.
Among the hand injury, amputation is the serious disaster to the patient.
Recently, application of microsurgical technique to the reattachment of amputed digits has been common clinical procedures.
In replantation, microsurgical repair of all severed structures were essential for functional recovery.
Authors report the replantation cases of distal to the proximal interphalangeal joint (Thumb: IP joint) level and retrospective analysis of cases which were treated at Guro hospital, College of medicine, Korea University from September, 1983 to June, 1986.
The results are summarized as follows;
1. Satisfactory results were obtained in 83.3%
2. Peak incidnece of amputation was in the age group 21-30 years (53%) and most of all were male in 78.8%
3. The main cause of amputation were industrial accidents.
4. The most common amputed digit was index finger. (34.3%)
5. Large number of patients were arrived our hospital within 6 hours. (69.7%)
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