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BACKGROUND: Finger amputations are the most common injuries to the upper limb. There are many options in the management of fingertip or finger amputations. We report our experience using cooling composite graft (Hirase technique) for distal finger amputation, as alternative to microsurgery implantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We collected a case series of eight patients and report on the clinical outcomes after a 10-month follow-up period. RESULTS: The amputated part survived almost completely in six patients; in these cases, the fingertip amputations were classified, according to the Allen classification, as level I in two cases, level II in three cases and level III in one case. CONCLUSION: Re-implantation of an amputated finger with the Hirase technique is possible and can provide good distal soft-tissue coverage and recovery of sensory and motor functions. We believe that re-attachment of the amputated portion as a composite graft represents an important alternative to microsurgery.
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Amputação Traumática/cirurgia , Anastomose Cirúrgica , Traumatismos dos Dedos/cirurgia , Sobrevivência de Enxerto , Microcirurgia/métodos , Reimplante/métodos , Adulto , Temperatura Baixa , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Resultado do Tratamento , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Introducción: El dolor postoperatorio es constante e infratratado en los pacientes intervenidos quirúrgicamente por urgencias traumatológicas. La utilización de opioides es referencia de la mayoría de las técnicas de analgesia postoperatoria. Objetivo: Describir los efectos de la infusión intravenosa contínua de tramadol en los procedimientos quirúrgicos traumatológicos de urgencia. Diseño metodológico: Estudio descriptivo, prospectivo y longitudinal en 83 pacientes sometidos a cirugía traumatológica de urgencia y seleccionados aleatoriamente. Se estudiaron las variables: tensión arterial sistólica y diastólica, frecuencia cardiaca, frecuencia respiratoria, saturación periférica de oxígeno, evolución del dolor postoperatorio, analgesia de rescate y efectos colaterales. Resultados: El tratamiento ofrecido en la investigación proporcionó una estabilidad hemodinámica y respiratoria con una potencia analgésica de acuerdo a su farmacocinética clínica y a su biodisponibilidad. Aparecieron efectos colaterales menores (náuseas, vómitos y sedación) por poseer menor afinidad por los receptores opioides que el compuesto original, la morfina. Conclusión: La descripción del tramadol en infusión continua intravenosa permitió mostrar un método analgésico efectivo en la cirugía urgente traumatológica.
Postoperative pain is constant and it is undertreated in patients underwent surgery from traumatic emergencies. Opioids use is reference of most of postoperative analgesia techniques. Aim: To describe the effects of Tramadol continuous intravenous perfusion on emergency traumatic surgical procedures. Methodological design: A longitudinal, prospective and descriptive study made in 83 patients underwent emergency traumatic surgery, randomly selected. Following variables were studied: systolic and diastolic arterial tension, frequently of cardiac origin, respiratory frequency, peripheral saturation oxygen, postoperative pain course, rescue analgesia, and side effects. Results: Treatment offered in this research allowed a hemodynamic and respiratory stability with an analgesic power according its clinical pharmacokinetics, and to its bioavailability. There were minor side effects (nauseas, vomiting and sedation) due to the lower affinity to opioids receptors than original compound, the morphine. Conclusions: Description of Tramadol intravenous continuous perfusion allowed showing an effective analgesic method in traumatic urgent surgery.