Background Hand and finger injuries account for approximately 4.8 million visits to
emergency departments each year. These injuries can cause a great deal of distress for …

Objectives: Describe the functional anatomy of each level of upper extremity amputation.
Review the complications that may occur postoperatively in amputees and methods of …

Despite remarkable advances in medicine, limb amputations remain a therapeutic measure
that saves the lives of many patients. Given the varied etiopathogenesis, such operations …

The principles of surgical asepsis apply to field surgeries with few exceptions. The minimum
level for performance of surgeries in the field on free-ranging animals should be the same as …

Purpose Adequate debridement and defect closure is an important treatment in fingertip
injuries in addition to administration of antibiotic. However, administration of anitibiotics …

From the Naval Medical Center San Diego, California. The authors report no conflict of
interest. All authors are military service members. This work was prepared as part of their …

Purpose We sought to investigate the role of prophylactic antibiotics for distal fingertip crush
injury or transphalangeal amputation treated outside of an operating room and better …

Настоящий обзор основан на анализе отечественной и зарубежной литературы о
хирургическом лечении повреждений дистальных фаланг пальцев кисти. Приведено …

Introduction Revision amputation remains an important consideration in the management of
severely crushed or contaminated finger injuries. The duration and type of antibiotic usage …

Hand injuries commonly occur in the pediatric and adolescent populations. The injuries are
stratified by age and the mechanisms follow. This chapter will review common fingertip …