The need for replantation centers in view of the incidence of traumatic amputations.
During one year a total of 451 amputations in 360 patients were registered by the Danish National Accident Insurance to which all such accidents must be reported, all except 6 of these were finger amputations. An attempt is made to estimate the candidates for replantation surgery in Denmark. Following a somewhat restricted policy the number may be no more than twenty-five to thirty-five per year. This calls for limitation of the numbers of centers which deal with such accidents.
D003718:Denmark; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012092:Replantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*