Hospital Transfers for Digit Replants as Cost Saving and Safe While Access to Replantation Procedures Remains Limited
Hospital transfers for finger replants are safe with respect to replant failure rates and cost-effective, saving $5000 per procedure. Gaps in equitable access to care remain, warranting further study to improve health equity.
Authors
- Michael Alperovich
- Jacqueline Ihnat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6187-8605)
- Jean Carlo Rivera
- Sacha C. Hauc (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6666-8578)
- Kevin Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5263-2718)
- Neil Parikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4850-8316)
Institutions
- Yale University (US)
- National Research Fund Luxembourg (LU)
- All-Russian State Scientific Research Institute for Control, Standardization and Certification of Veterinary Preparations (RU)
- National Patient Safety Foundation (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Plastic Surgery
- Published
- 2024-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/sap.0000000000004099
- Primary Topic
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00