Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Hand and upper extremity
Thumb amputation and digit amputation
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- PI - perform independently (NMC)
- Also called
- ray amputation, terminalisation
Videos and resources
- VideoAmputation Principles | ANIMATION | BASICS | NEET PG | Amputee - The Young Orthopod6:17
- VideoLive Surgery. Completion of Distal Finger Amputation for Cancer.m4v7:23
- +55 more links
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Perform amputations of the: i. Thumb ii. Digits” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 10)