Digital replantation
Work on how surgical experience and case volume relate to the outcomes of reattaching amputated fingers.
The Learning Curve in Digital Replant Surgery: 46 Prospectively Collected Cases From a Single Surgeon Over a 10-Year Period
Hustedt JW, Nystrom NA, Champagne L.
Cureus. 2024 Aug 4;16(8):e66133.
A review of a prospectively maintained database of 46 consecutive digital replantations by a single surgeon from 2002 to 2012, testing how outcomes relate to time since fellowship and total microvascular experience.
The Detrimental Effect of Decentralization in Digital Replantation in the United States: 15 Years of Evidence From the National Inpatient Sample
Hustedt JW, Bohl DD, Champagne L.
J Hand Surg Am. 2016 May;41(5):593-601.
An analysis of the National Inpatient Sample from 1998 to 2012 that tested whether digital replantation success in the United States is associated with hospital and surgeon volume.
Summaries describe what each study examined. They are not a statement of the results of care with this practice, and individual outcomes vary.