Replantation by arterialization of the venous system of amputated parts.

Only in four cases out of 800 replantations and revascularizations as the last resort it was necessary to anastomose an artery of the stump to a vein of the amputated part. Three of these cases were very distal finger amputations in zone II and III and one was an auricle amputation with so severely damaged arteries of the amputated part that it was not possible to perform their anastomosis. All of these four clinical cases were successful and they confirm the possibility of arterialization of the venous system which was proved in experiments with rabbit auricle replantation by Mundy and Pajn (1994) and by Farrior and Baker (1988).