Secondary procedures following digital replantation and revascularisation

Abstract

In this retrospective study, 79 digits of 55 patients received 102 secondary procedures following replantation. We divided the procedures into two groups, occurring before or after 2 months following replantation. The procedures in the early group were mainly for soft tissue coverage (92%), and those in that late group were mainly for tendon (67%) to improve function. Factors associated with higher incidence of early secondary procedures included multiple-finger injury, avulsion or degloving injury and level of injury proximal to zone III in finger replantation ( p<0.05). However, younger patients and those with proximal level replantation in fingers had more late secondary procedures ( p<0.05). Flexor tenolysis procedure significantly improved the digital function after replantation ( p<0.05).