Slovenia
- American Association for Hand Surgery Annual Meeting
Carlsbad, California
January 11 - 15, 2022 - American Society for Peripheral Nerve Annual Meeting
Carlsbad, California
January 14 - 16, 2022 - American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting
Carlsbad, California
January 14 - 18, 2022 - 11th congress of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
Cancun, Mexico
June 1 - 4, 2022 - Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Reconstructive Surgery & APSLD Residents and Tarinees Day
Beirut, Lebanon
June 25 - 26, 2022 - The 14th European Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Quadrennial meeting
Portugal, Porto
October 13 - 15, 2022 - 16th Congress of the European Federation of Societies for Microsurgery
Milan, Italy
May 2024
Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery - "Recovery Hospital"
Viilor, nr. 46 - 50, 400347, Cluj - Napoca
Cluj, ROMÂNIA
Tel. : 0040 - 722.575.963
Fax : 0040 - 264.438.852
E-mail : geordv@hotmail.com
Clinical committee reports 2017 - Bruno Battiston
European Survey regarding indications and contraindications for replantation of the upper limb
1 - The most important informations before the transfer of the patient to the unit in case of secondary referral are :
- Age (68,75 %)
- Affected Side (65,63 %)
- Level (68,65 %)
- Associated Traumas (68,65%)
No consensus for: Time Of Accident, Type Of Injury, Local Temperature, Bacterial Or Chemical Contamination / Physical damage, Blood And X-Ray Examination, Associated Diseases, Ischemia Time, Patient's motivation, Psychological Statu, All of them.
2 - The required informations should be provided before transfer if possible but it is not mandatory (71,88 %)
No consensus for: Yes, Mandatory before accepting the patient, No, it will not change acceptation of the patient.
3 - An hypothermic (with refrigerated amputated segment) ischemia period: > 6h for macro-replantations (segments containing muscles) and >12h for micro-replantations
is not an absolute contraindication for micro-replantation (75,00 %) and is not an absolute contraindication for macro-replantation (65,63 %).
4 - A normotermic (with amputated segment at room temperature) ischemia period: > 4h for macro-replantations (segments containing muscles) > 12h for micro-replantations is not an absolute contraindication for macro-replantation (65,63 %)
No consensus for: is an absolute contraindication for micro-replantation, is a relative contraindication for: micro-replantation, is a relative contraindication for: macro-replantation, is not a controindication for micro-replantation, is not a controindication for macro-replantation.
5 - Only polytrauma (ISS>15) and organ transplanted patients are relative general contraindications to replantation (68,75 %)
No consensus for: Head Injury (commotive trauma or bad G.C.S.), Age > 70years, Self inflicted injury, Psychiatric disorders, Smoking (not to be considered the occasional smokers), Alcohol overuse, Diabetes.
6 - Multiple level injuries (with multiple vascular lesions) (65,63 %), avulsions (with traction lesions of several structures: nerves, vessels, tendons, etc.) (68,65 %) and prolonged ischemia time (> 4 hours in macroreplantation - > 12 hours for microreplantation (68,75 %) are relative local contraindication to replantation.
No consensus for: Crushing ( with extensive tissue damage precluding revascularization with a direct suture), High bacterial contamination, Physical lesion -chemical contamination (frozen burned limbs, contaminated by chemical agen).
7 - The following guide-lines regarding the preservation and transportation of amputated segments are important (75,00 %)
8 - Single digit replantation (except thumb): (from MP to P2 )
No consensus for: Is replantation of a single digit indicated?
9 - Distal (distal to FDS insertion) replantation (except thumb):
No consensus for: Is distal replantation indicated?
10 - Multiple digits (>2 fingers) replantations
No consensus for: Do you believe that for this type of replantation a special organisation is required ? (double equipe?)
11 - The thumb should always be replanted (84,38 %)
12 - Age > 70 years (78,13 %), smoking (71,88 %) and a distal amputation (68,75 %) are not contraindications to thumb replantation (68,75%).
No consensus for: Polytrauma (ISS > 15), Crushing, Avulsion.
13 - Very proximal level of injury (proximal to the elbow) (71,88 %), transarticular amputations (78,13 %) and amputations through neuromuscular junction (68,75 %) are not local contraindications for major limb replantation.
No consensus for: Multiple level, Type of injury: crush, avulsion.
14 - A standardized protocol of adjuvant medical therapy in replantation is useful (81,25 %) and should include heparin (65,63 %) and acetylsalicylic acid (78,13 %)
No consensus for: Low-molecular weight dextran, Sympathetic blocks, Vasodilators.
15 - Leeches as non medical adjuvant therapy in microreplantations are useful (75%).
No consensus for: Decongesting incisions, Nail-bed incisions.
16 - The useful indicators to assess the final results after replantation surgery are:
- Semmes Weinstein sensibility test (68,75 %),
- Motor function of the reinnervated muscles (78,13 %),
- Articular range of motion (active and passive) (75,00 %),
- Pinch and Jamar test (68,75 %),
- DASH or other objective / subjective evaluation (71,88 %)
No consensus for: Weber sensibility test, Cold intolerance, All of them.
17 - The complications to be used as parameters to value indications to replantation are : % of survival (75,00 %) and poor motor and sensory function (65,63 %)
No consensus for: % of infections, % of intolerance, % of non union, All of them.
18 - The best classifications to assess functional results in upper limb replantations are : Jones 1982 (65,63 %) and Blomen 1988 (65,63 %)
No consensus for: Chen 1978, Berger 1980, Tamai 1982/1983, Milroy 1991.