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  • 1 Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kota Bharu, Malaysia
Arch Plast Surg, 2020 Mar;47(2):182-186.
PMID: 31462030 DOI: 10.5999/aps.2018.00514

Abstract

We report our experience of treating two patients with ankle amputation with different presentations. The first case was a clean-cut sharp amputation. The second case was an avulsion injury following a motor vehicle accident in a patient who arrived 8 hours after the injury. Replantation was successful in both cases. In avulsion injuries, a secondary operation for wound coverage is required at a later stage. With good strategy and a support team, encouraging limb survival outcomes are possible post-replantation.

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