Replantation Surgery: Are we progressing or regressing?

What does the results say?

The decades that followed, however, showed a stable field lacking any significant changes or advancements. More recently, and especially in the United States, the frequency with which surgeons even attempt replantation and the rate of survival have plummeted. If this trend continues, successful replantation surgery will become all too rare of an event. It is critical that we evaluate the state of replantation surgery today, identify the primary causes, and work to not only revive the field but allow it to advance similar to other areas of medicine.

This is an abstract of an article published on www.parjournal.net by Dr Jacques Hacquebord and Karen Noh.

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