Hand Replantation in an 83-Year-Old Woman—the Oldest Replantation?
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Vol. 64 (3) , 416-418
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006534-197909000-00038
Abstract
A replantation of the hand was performed in an 83-year-old woman. There was good survival and the early functional return was satisfactory. However, after a personal tragedy and after the physiotherapy slowed down there was rapid deterioration in her hand function. Disuse atrophy became so marked after two years that the replanted hand became a stiff organ with little function.Keywords
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