The Need for Replantation Centers in View of the Incidence of Traumatic Amputations

Abstract

During one year a total of 451 amputations in 360 patients were registered by the Danish National Accident Insurance to which all such accidents must be reported, all except 6 of these were finger amputations. An attempt is made to estimate the candidates for replantation surgery in Denmark. Following a somewhat restricted policy the number may be no more than twenty-five to thirty-five per year. This calls for limitation of the numbers of centers which deal with such accidents.