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Successful ankle replantation in two cases with different presentations

  • Received : 2018.03.15
  • Accepted : 2019.05.30
  • Published : 2020.03.15
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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.

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