[Sharon]

A thirty-year-old patient who was injured by a saw. Photograph showing the injured hand. The index finger was amputated at the proximal interphalangeal joint; the amputated part was not replantable. The long finger was partially amputated with preservation of the ulnar digital artery and nerve:


Radiograph showing the injured hand:


Photograph made after the distal interphalangeal joint from the amputated index finger was used as a nonvascularized osteochondral graft to reconstruct the proximal interphalangeal joint of the long finger:


Lateral and anteroposterior radiographs showing the completed reconstruction:



Photograph showing excellent function after the reconstruction:

[durt]

Good post, thanks Sharon!

[synthninja]

phew I was feeling a bit odd there, sometimes the guts get to me. Excellent to see what they can do to repair our hands.

[DiamondSmiles]

It goes look great after surgery. I just hope he's right hand dominant, if he picks his nose.