Orthopedic Trauma and Reconstruction
Trauma clinical case on foot replantation following wheat harvester traumatic amputation
For this month’s Editor’s Pick, our editorial team has selected a case posted by Diomyd Chabanenko, MD from Odessa National University in the Lower Extremity group, featuring a successful foot replantation following wheat harvester traumatic amputation with meticulous debridement using a 10L saline irrigation, recovery of the posterior tibial artery to enable vascular anastomosis, and post-operative VAC therapy on sutures.
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