Traumatic fingertip amputations are among the most frequently encountered hand injuries in the emergency department, particularly affecting individuals engaged in manual labor using hand tools with metal blades. A review of data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System from 1997 to 2016 showed that 464,026 patients sustained a finger amputation in the US, with an estimated yearly incidence of 7.5/100,000 person-years…
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