%0 Journal Article
%T External bleeding versus dermal pocketing for distal digital replantation without venous anastomosis
%A Alphonsus K. S. Chong
%A Anthony Foo
%A Ellen Lee
%A Joel Lim
%A Rebecca Lim
%A Sandeep J. Sebastin
%J Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume)
%@ 2043-6289
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1753193418817979
%X Venous congestion in distal digital replantations is a common problem as suitable veins are not always available. We compared two methods of venous decongestion, external bleeding (n£¿=£¿15) and dermal pocketing (n£¿=£¿28) carried out when venous anastomosis was not possible. The findings of this small study suggest that neither method of venous decongestion is clearly better than the other. Level of evidence: I
%K Distal digital replantation
%K external bleeding
%K dermal pocketing
%K venous anastomosis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1753193418817979