Replantation of an Infant's Arm

Abstract
SINCE the first successful replantation of a human arm in 19621 reports of similar cases have appeared.2 3 4 5 6 7 Success after replantation near the shoulder has been limited by varying degrees of neurologic deficit. The patient described in this paper, considerably younger than those in previous reports, demonstrated some of the hazards of replantation of extremities. However, her remarkable degree of reinnervation confirms a clinical impression that the indications for replantation should be more liberal in children than in adults.Case ReportA 21-month-old, 9.8-kg. girl was admitted to the hospital on April 10, 1965, approximately 20 minutes after amputation of the . . .

This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit: