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Fingertips facilitate smooth motor activity, precise sensation, and the delicate movement of the hands and have an aesthetic function. Fingertip injuries are defined as injuries occurring distal to the insertion of the flexor and extensor tendons. These injuries are one of the most common trauma injuries presented in acute care settings, accounting for approximately 4.8 million emergency department visits per year in the United States.(1) Fingertip amputations may not constitute the majority among these fingertip injuries but can have a complex spectrum of injury. In these cases, the reconstruction methodologies focus on preserving the digital length, ensuring adequate soft tissue coverage, preserving the nail structure, achieving a well-contoured and painless fingertip, and restoring durable and sensate skin.
There are so many factor that influence the result of composite graft in distal finger tip amputation. Investigators will collected the data including the size of amputee , shape, level of amputation, mechanism of amputation, if hyperbaric oxygen therapy, operation procedures.
Fingertip amputations underwent
Follow-up was arranged in out-patient department, including:
type of amputation ( Hirase classification, ) 2-point discrimination test, DASH(Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand) outcome measure, graft survival, pain evaluation with visual Analog scale other associated treatment such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy length of finger shortening at 6 month after operation
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| graft survival | composite graft survival rate | postoperatively after 6 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand (DASH) questionnaire | hand function evaluation | postoperatively 24 weeks |
| subjective self-evaluation questionnaire | subjective self-evaluation of finger looking |
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A retrospective chart review study. Patients were collected since 1990,
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| huang shu-hung, MD | Contact | 886-7-3121101 | 7676 | huangsh63@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| huang shu-hung, MD | Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital | Study Chair |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital | Recruiting | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | 80708 | Taiwan |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D020886 | Somatosensory Disorders |
| D000673 | Amputation, Traumatic |
| D010146 | Pain |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D012678 | Sensation Disorders |
| D009461 | Neurologic Manifestations |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
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| postoperatively 24 weeks |
| length of finger shortening | finger length | postoperatively 24 weeks |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D014947 | Wounds and Injuries |