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A NEW METHOD FOR FINGER TIP AMPUTATION
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1947
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AmputationLimb ReconstructionSurgeryOrthopaedic SurgeryNew TechnicApplied AnatomyFinger AmputationSurgical SuturingProsthesisCrushed FingerHand SurgeryLimb RestorationMicrosurgical Nerve RepairHand TraumaReconstructive SurgeryWound HealingSoft Tissue ReconstructionMedicinePlastic Surgery
"Since its introduction, numerous cases have been treated, leading to several improvements in the technique." Good. Other: "Two triangular" incomplete. Might be incomplete. The content is minimal: "Two triangular".
A new technic for repair of finger amputation was first published in February 1944. Since that time many additional cases have come to my attention. As a result of this experience, several improvements have been effected. <h3>INDICATIONS</h3> Use of this technic is indicated: For fingers or toes in which the tips are destroyed but the nail matrix is still intact or only slightly injured. In any extremity where further shortening by a ventral flap technic is not desirable (a) because the function at that joint may be further decreased or (b) because the stump is already short for an appliance. The technic which has given the best result is as follows: The end of the crushed finger or thumb is scrubbed thoroughly with soap and water and every particle of foreign matter is removed. All devitalized tissue is excised and the tip of the phalanx smoothed. Two triangular