title: [Classification of total and subtotal amputations].
abstract: Up to now the succes rates in replantation surgery which are reported in the literature do not include the functional results. To compare the final functional results it is necessary to have a common international classification of what is a complete amputation and what is a incomplete one. It is then important to compare only similar subtotal amputations. In this paper we suggest a definition and classification of amputations in the upper extremity in the following way: type I....bone type II....extensor tendons type III....flexor tendons type IV....palmar digital nerves type V....skin A subtotal amputation will intakt flexor and extensor tendons as well as palmar nerves should be classified as "type II, III. IV".
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000145:classification*; D005383:Finger Injuries; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000145:classification* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012092:Replantation
vernacular_title: Klassifizierung von totalen und subtotalen Amputationen.