Hand replantation: First experience in a sub-Saharan African country (Togo)

Fifty years after Chen has performed the first forearm replantation, we report our first case of hand replantation in a sub-Saharan African country. The etiology of the amputation was machete due to interpersonal violence. The amputation was trans-carpal, guillotine-type, subtotal non-viable maintai...

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Main Authors: Komla Sena Amouzou, Komla Amakoutou, Batarabadja Bakriga, Anani Abalo, Assang Dossim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2016-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.182228
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