title: Successful replantation of a hand amputated through the metacarpus.
abstract: A successful replantation is reported of a hand completely severed by a circular saw through all five metacarpals. The sequence of primary reconstruction of all important structures beginning three hours after the injury and the functional results eighteen months later are presented.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia; D008297:Male; D012092:Replantation