Arch Plast Surg.
2020 Mar;47(2):182-186. 10.5999/aps.2018.00514.
Successful ankle replantation in two cases with different presentations
- Affiliations
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- 1Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
- 2Reconstructive Sciences Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
- 3Plastic Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 4Department of Orthopedic, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
- KMID: 2501159
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5999/aps.2018.00514
Abstract
- We report our experience of treating two patients with ankle amputation with different presentations. The first case was a clean-cut sharp amputation. The second case was an avulsion injury following a motor vehicle accident in a patient who arrived 8 hours after the injury. Replantation was successful in both cases. In avulsion injuries, a secondary operation for wound coverage is required at a later stage. With good strategy and a support team, encouraging limb survival outcomes are possible post-replantation.
