This book discusses the management of serious finger damage, which can have lifelong consequences for patients without timely and effective replantation treatment to restore the function of the hand. Featuring more than 30 cases and over 420 clinical surgical photographs, it combines systematic with thematic approaches, basic theory with clinical practice, and images with text descriptions. The book is divided into nine main sections: overview of the development history of replantation of severed fingers; anatomy of the hand; common equipment and materials; commonly used drugs; the choice of anesthesia; routine replantation methods, etc. In addition, it includes typical images for 13 special types of amputated finger replantation, and introduces readers to the replantation concept, surgical approach, surgical technique, key points of operation and matters requiring attention for each type. As such, the book offers an invaluable reference guide for finger replantation and related surgeries.

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Dr. Jian Lin is Chief of microsurgery and hand surgery, at the Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xin-hua Hospital (ChongMing), affiliated with Shanghai JiaoTong University, China. Dr. He-Ping Zheng is a chief physician and professor at the Clinical Anatomic Center, Nanjing District General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Fuzhou, China. Dr. Yong-Qing Xu is a chief physician at the Orthopaedic Department, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Region, China. Dr. Tian-Hao Zhang is a surgeon at the Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Xin-hua Hospital (ChongMing), affiliated with Shanghai JiaoTong University, China.

Inhalt

An overview of the development history of digital replantation.- Applied anatomy of hand.- Equipment and materials commonly used in digital.- Drugs commonly used in digital replantation.- Select anesthesia of replantation.- The conventional methods digital replantation.- Digital replantation in children.- Fingertip replantation.- Replantation of severed fingers.- Replantation of multiple segments.- Transposition replantation.- Digital replantation of avulsion.- Replantation of severed fingers from soft tissue defect.- Senile replantation.- Replantation of rotational avulsion.- Tissue block replantation.- Replantation of timeout fingers.- Foster replantation.