{"title":"Partial Hand Amputation: Digital and Transmetacarpal Amputation","authors":"Nicholas Munaretto, Bryan J. Loeffler","doi":"10.1016/j.oto.2023.101059","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Partial hand amputations are very common in the United States. Amputations distal to the wrist account for the majority of all traumatic amputations of the upper extremity. These amputations lead to functional limitations, decreased quality of life, and disability. Treatment options include replantation or revision amputation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45242,"journal":{"name":"Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1048666623000393","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Partial hand amputations are very common in the United States. Amputations distal to the wrist account for the majority of all traumatic amputations of the upper extremity. These amputations lead to functional limitations, decreased quality of life, and disability. Treatment options include replantation or revision amputation.
期刊介绍:
Operative Techniques in Orthopaedics is an innovative, richly illustrated resource that keeps practitioners informed of significant advances in all areas of surgical management. Each issue of this atlas-style journal explores a single topic, often offering alternate approaches to the same procedure. Its current, definitive information keeps readers in the forefront of their specialty.