Revascularization of the digits and palm.

Abstract

In 1962, Kleinert and Kasden performed the first successful revascularization of an incompletely amputated thumb. This was followed, in 1965, by Komatsu and Tamai, who performed the first successful replantation of a thumb. Since then, microsurgery has helped to solve a wide variety of difficult surgical problems and achieve a more functional and cosmetically acceptable digit. These problems include ring avulsions, distal finger amputations, and degloved skin.