TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - The social and economic consequences of finger amputations
JO  - Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica
A1  - Hovgaard, C.
A1  - Angermann, P.
A1  - Hovgaard, D.
SP  - 347
EP  - 348
VL  - 65
IS  - 3
N2  - 120 patients with amputation of at least 1 of the 4 ulnar fingers were admitted to hospital. In none was replantation considered to be possible because of serious damage to the soft tissues and bone. 12 (3-18) years after the accident 80 percent of the patients assessed their condition as good or fair, even those with proximal amputation or loss of 2 or 3 fingers. Our observations do not support replantation when only one of the second-to-fifth fingers have been amputated.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-6470
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -