5-Minute Emergency Consult
Traumatic Amputation/replantation
Basics
Description
Description
- Partial amputations have tissue connecting the distal and proximal parts and are treated by revascularization
- Complete amputations have no connecting tissue and may be treated by replantation
- Both of the above are treated the same from an emergency standpoint
Etiology
Etiology
Traumatic amputations may result from machinery, powered hand tools, household appliances, lawnmowers, getting caught between objects, motor vehicle collisions, crush injuries, blast injuries, gunshot wounds, knives, degloving injuries to digits (ring avulsions), and animal bites
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Citation
Schaider, Jeffrey J., et al., editors. "Traumatic Amputation/replantation." 5-Minute Emergency Consult, 6th ed., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2020. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307737/all/Traumatic_Amputation_replantation.
Traumatic Amputation/replantation. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, et al, eds. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307737/all/Traumatic_Amputation_replantation. Accessed May 12, 2025.
Traumatic Amputation/replantation. (2020). In Schaider, J. J., Barkin, R. M., Hayden, S. R., Wolfe, R. E., Barkin, A. Z., Shayne, P., & Rosen, P. (Eds.), 5-Minute Emergency Consult (6th ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307737/all/Traumatic_Amputation_replantation
Traumatic Amputation/replantation [Internet]. In: Schaider JJJ, Barkin RMR, Hayden SRS, Wolfe RER, Barkin AZA, Shayne PP, Rosen PP, editors. 5-Minute Emergency Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2020. [cited 2025 May 12]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/5-Minute_Emergency_Consult/307737/all/Traumatic_Amputation_replantation.
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