MICROVASCULAR SURGERY

Emergency Replantation Assistance

The Miami Hand Center's microvascular and reconstructive surgeons can return function to amputated parts, transfer less-injured digits to new locations to maximize function and achieve other positive results even when massive soft tissue injury has occurred. The Replantation Team at The Miami Hand Center is capable of reattaching:

• Extremities, such as arms, legs, hands, fingers and feet
• Facial structures, such as ears, nose, lips and scalp
• External genitalia
• Skin degloving injuries and massive wound defects

Proper care at the primary hospital is critical to the success of replantation. In case of a partial or complete amputation or avulsion injury, follow these steps:

1. Stabilize the patient,
   then apply steady pressure to the stump and elevate it.
2. Collect all severed tissue, regardless of its condition:
   Wrap tissue in damp, saline-soaked gauze and place in a plastic bag on top of ice bath in preparation for the surgeons' arrival. Successful replantation often depends on using as much original tissue as possible.
3. Call us at 888-406-4263
   You'll speak to a staff member who will immediately call upon our replantation surgeons to your location and advise you how to proceed until they arrive.
   
   
   

HAND RECONSTRUCTION

Before

After

EAR RECONSTRUCTION
Before	Reconstructed	After Surgery

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