Digital Tip Amputations from the Perspective of the Nail

Overview

Journal Adv Orthop

Publisher Wiley

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2016 Dec 14

PMID 27957344

Citations 6

Authors

Lloyd Champagne

Joshua W Hustedt

Robert Walker

John Wiebelhaus

N Ake Nystrom

Affiliations

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Abstract

The management strategy proposed herein for fingertip amputations advocates secondary healing with preservation of appearance as well as function. Conservative healing is more likely to result in a sensate, nontender, and cosmetically acceptable fingertip compared to surgical management in many clinical scenarios. This manuscript examines in detail the extent of fingertip injury and defines the relationship of injury to final fingertip outcome. A classification is presented, which allows adequate initial counseling regarding prognosis, and predicts the need for secondary corrective surgery.

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