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Case Reports
. 1992 Nov;8(6):455-8; discussion 459.
doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1006730.

Successful digital replantation after 42 hours of warm ischemia

S M Baek  1 , S S Kim
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Successful digital replantation after 42 hours of warm ischemia

S M Baek et al. J Reconstr Microsurg. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

Previously, 6 to 10 hr were believed to be an acceptable limit of warm ischemia for successful digital replantation. The longest warm ischemia time ever reported was 33 hr. This report presents successful replantations of two fingers after 42 hr of warm ischemia.

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