Researchers have reported of a successful replantation for an elderly diabetic person. In this case, the amputation was not crush and avulsion and the duration time between trauma and starting surgery was only 4 h. For evaluate the worth of replantation, few grading systems related to preoperatively diagnosed injury severity have been used to help predict the functional outcome.
G.H. Kazemzadeh, P. Sasannejad, A. Fowzi and H. Shobeari. Successful Replantation of an Amputated Foot in an Elderly Diabetic Patient: Case Report.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/sjour.2011.26.28
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1816-3211/sjour.2011.26.28