«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 […]
Non-Typical Replantations and Revascularizations of the Thumb (Sp)

Del Piñal, F., Herrero F., Fuente M., Jado E., García Cabeza J.M. Cirugía Plástica Iberoamericana Vol. 27, Nº 1, Marzo 2001, Páginas 1-13 ABSTRACT (full text, pdf. below, Sp ) Non-Typical Replantations and Revascularizations of the Thumb (Sp) Nine patients are presented which after sustaining thumb amputation or devascularization required uncornmon manoeuvres for salvage or reconstruction. The mechanism […]