Hand replantation in an 83-year-old woman--the oldest replantation?
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.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012092:Replantation