Microsurgical replantation of right forearm after accidental amputation at work
The patient, male, 28, suffers the traumatic amputation of part of his right arm in an accident at work. An industrial plastic cutting machine severs his upper limb above the forearm. He is transferred in helicopter from the site of the accident (Vizcaya) to Clínica Mompía, what allows going into the operating room less than […]
«We are able to reconnect blood vessels of 0.2 millimeters.» Microsurgery opens up new horizons for the future to amputees
Microsurgery opens up new horizons for the future to people who have had the misfortune to suffer traumatic amputations, as a result of work accidents or other types of contexts. The surgical ‘miracle’ that involves the reconnection of nerves, tendons or blood vessels with just the thickness of a hair – in the transfers of […]