title: Revascularization of the digits and palm.
abstract: In 1962, Kleinert and Kasden performed the first successful revascularization of an incompletely amputated thumb. This was followed, in 1965, by Komatsu and Tamai, who performed the first successful replantation of a thumb. Since then, microsurgery has helped to solve a wide variety of difficult surgical problems and achieve a more functional and cosmetically acceptable digit. These problems include ring avulsions, distal finger amputations, and degloved skin.
authors.affiliation: Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: al-Shammari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures