Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital

Replantation services are a highly specialized field and are usually rendered by a tertiary centre in most hospitals around the world. Usuallv these centres would have an existing established plastic surgery unit or dedicated hand depaftment. In a developing country like Malaysia, replantation serv...

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Main Authors: Mohd Kasim, Kamil, Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin, Mohd Yusof, Nazri, Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril
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Language:English
Published: 2007
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spelling iium-661662018-10-15T04:33:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/66166/ Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital Mohd Kasim, Kamil Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin Mohd Yusof, Nazri Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril RD701 Orthopedics RD93 Emergency Surgery. Wounds and Injuries Replantation services are a highly specialized field and are usually rendered by a tertiary centre in most hospitals around the world. Usuallv these centres would have an existing established plastic surgery unit or dedicated hand depaftment. In a developing country like Malaysia, replantation services also do exist and are mainly taken care by few centres with established hand units. This service is offered by our hospital, which is a public hospital with no established plastic surgery or hand surgery unit. This service was started in early 2005 and we would like to share our experiences. Majority of the cases are from industrial injuries and most of these cases are from remote areas. We have about 11 cases of partial amputation injuries and 7 total amputations. For the revascularization cases, we obtained 100% success rate. and about 80% of replantation cases. We would like to share our experience of success and failures in building up a highly specialized field of orthopaedic sub-specialization. 2007 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/66166/11/66166%20abstract.PDF Mohd Kasim, Kamil and Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin and Mohd Yusof, Nazri and Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril (2007) Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital. In: Fifth SICOT/SIROT Annual International Conference 2007, 29 August - 1 September 2007, Marrakech, Morocco. (Unpublished) http://www.sicot.org/
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topic RD701 Orthopedics
RD93 Emergency Surgery. Wounds and Injuries
spellingShingle RD701 Orthopedics
RD93 Emergency Surgery. Wounds and Injuries
Mohd Kasim, Kamil
Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin
Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril
Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
description Replantation services are a highly specialized field and are usually rendered by a tertiary centre in most hospitals around the world. Usuallv these centres would have an existing established plastic surgery unit or dedicated hand depaftment. In a developing country like Malaysia, replantation services also do exist and are mainly taken care by few centres with established hand units. This service is offered by our hospital, which is a public hospital with no established plastic surgery or hand surgery unit. This service was started in early 2005 and we would like to share our experiences. Majority of the cases are from industrial injuries and most of these cases are from remote areas. We have about 11 cases of partial amputation injuries and 7 total amputations. For the revascularization cases, we obtained 100% success rate. and about 80% of replantation cases. We would like to share our experience of success and failures in building up a highly specialized field of orthopaedic sub-specialization.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Kasim, Kamil
Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin
Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril
author_facet Mohd Kasim, Kamil
Khalid, Kamarul Ariffin
Mohd Yusof, Nazri
Mohammad Amin, Mohammad Azril
author_sort Mohd Kasim, Kamil
title Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
title_short Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
title_full Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
title_fullStr Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Replantation services in a Malaysian Public Hospital
title_sort replantation services in a malaysian public hospital
publishDate 2007
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/66166/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/66166/11/66166%20abstract.PDF
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