Hand Amputations and Replantation

Description: Since the first replant 40 years ago, thousands of severed body parts have been reattached, preserving the quality of life for thousands of patients through improved function and appearance that the void remaining after amputation cannot provide. Ronald Malt performed the first replantation on May 23, 1962 at Massachusetts General Hospital on a 12-year-old boy who had his right arm amputated in a train accident (Malt, 1978). This amputation occurred at the level of the humeral neck.
Synonyms and related keywords: hand amputation, hand replantation, multiple-digit replantation, severed body part repair, trauma, replant, amputee, tendon transfers, wrist arthrodesis, guillotine amputation, avulsion amputation
Wilhelmi, Lee & May 2006