A black finger does not equal a dead finger

Revascularisation and replant surgery occasionally produces sub-optimal results. We present two cases of near total amputation of the digits. The first patient was an 11-year-old boy with a middle finger avulsion injury sustained after the finger was caught in a washing machine with the flexor...

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Main Authors: Shalimar Abdullah, William H, Levin KB, Parminder GS, Nur Azuatul AK, Tan, JA, Ahmed Suparno BM
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Published: Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
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author Shalimar Abdullah,
William H,
Levin KB,
Parminder GS,
Nur Azuatul AK,
Tan, JA
Ahmed Suparno BM,
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Nur Azuatul AK,
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description Revascularisation and replant surgery occasionally produces sub-optimal results. We present two cases of near total amputation of the digits. The first patient was an 11-year-old boy with a middle finger avulsion injury sustained after the finger was caught in a washing machine with the flexor digitorum profundus still attached. The second patient was a 42-year-old male who sustained a machete attack and had near total amputation of his small and ring fingers with a 2 cm skin bridge still attached. All patients underwent revascularization with repair of only one digital artery for each finger as the opposite artery was non-viable. No digital veins were repaired. Relief of venous congestion was done by pin-prick six times a day up till one week. At one week post-surgery, the fingers were discoloured black but had good pulp turgor and full contour with arterial bleed on pin-prick. Inexperienced surgeons may view this as gangrene and amputate the fingers. However, we continued observation and at one month post-surgery, the black skin had desloughed and the underlying skin was pink.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:206272022-11-28T13:16:59Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20627/ A black finger does not equal a dead finger Shalimar Abdullah, William H, Levin KB, Parminder GS, Nur Azuatul AK, Tan, JA Ahmed Suparno BM, Revascularisation and replant surgery occasionally produces sub-optimal results. We present two cases of near total amputation of the digits. The first patient was an 11-year-old boy with a middle finger avulsion injury sustained after the finger was caught in a washing machine with the flexor digitorum profundus still attached. The second patient was a 42-year-old male who sustained a machete attack and had near total amputation of his small and ring fingers with a 2 cm skin bridge still attached. All patients underwent revascularization with repair of only one digital artery for each finger as the opposite artery was non-viable. No digital veins were repaired. Relief of venous congestion was done by pin-prick six times a day up till one week. At one week post-surgery, the fingers were discoloured black but had good pulp turgor and full contour with arterial bleed on pin-prick. Inexperienced surgeons may view this as gangrene and amputate the fingers. However, we continued observation and at one month post-surgery, the black skin had desloughed and the underlying skin was pink. Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20627/1/26_ms0247_pdf_62763.pdf Shalimar Abdullah, and William H, and Levin KB, and Parminder GS, and Nur Azuatul AK, and Tan, JA and Ahmed Suparno BM, (2018) A black finger does not equal a dead finger. Medicine & Health, 13 (2). pp. 229-234. ISSN 2289-5728 https://www.medicineandhealthukm.com/toc/13/2
spellingShingle Shalimar Abdullah,
William H,
Levin KB,
Parminder GS,
Nur Azuatul AK,
Tan, JA
Ahmed Suparno BM,
A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title_full A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title_fullStr A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title_full_unstemmed A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title_short A black finger does not equal a dead finger
title_sort black finger does not equal a dead finger
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