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. 2013 Jan 12;8(2):139–145. doi: 10.1007/s11552-012-9487-0

Table 2.

Sensibility outcomes after fingertip amputation

Yeara Author No. of digits 2PD (mm)
1972 Freiberg 10 6.0
1977 Fox 22 4.0
1980 Louis 29 3.5
1982 Ma 140 5.4
1985 Kappel 23 8.3
1985 Tupper 20 5.7
1994 Foucher 43 7.0
1995 Adani 11 12.0
2000 Borman 25 4.3
2001 Karamursel 11 6.0
2001 Kim 15 4.2
2001 Ozdemir 9 4.5
2001 Pelissier 15 8.0
2002 Cao 5 4.2
2003 Laoulakos 9 8.0
2005 Adani 22 9.0
2005 Varitimidis 63 4.0
2006 Tuncali 9 6.3
2007 Ozyigit 7 4.7
2008 Sano 14 4.3
2008 Woon 9 3.3
2009 Omokawa 15 8.4
2009 Shao 11 4.6
2010 Chen 11 5.0
2010 Yazar 70 5.7
2011 Hammouda 6 4.0
2011 Wang 5 3.4
Mean 2PD after fingertip amputationb 624 5.6

2PD two-point discrimination

aStudies listed in chronological order

bWeighted averages based on sample size of each study