Amputation

In 1963, Chen Zhongwei, Qian Yunqing, etc. first reported a successful replantation of a 2.5cm limb with a severed limb on the right wrist in the history of world medicine. The patient's right hand function recovered well after rehabilitation. Malt and Mckhann also reported in 1964 that they replanted the upper arm of a 12-year-old boy in May 1962. In 1965, Kleinert's vascular anastomosis was successful. In the same year, Harry Buncke successfully carried out experimental research on rabbit ear replantation and monkey thumb replantation. In 1967, Chen Zhongwei, Komatsa, Tamai and others successively reported successful replantation of broken fingers. The successful experience of amputated limb replantation shows that after some tissues and organs of the human body are severed, under certain conditions, the blood supply is reconstructed using microsurgical techniques to return it to the body. This is an important breakthrough in medical concepts. It has been nearly 40 years since China's first amputated limb replantation was successful in 1963, and China has maintained the world's advanced level in the field of amputated limb (finger) replantation.