Table 2.

Attitudes about preference and body integrity

		United States			Japan
		Society	Surgeons	p-value	Society	Surgeons	p-value
Finger replantation should always be attempted
	strongly agree	2.0%	3.1%	0.0006	14.3%	0.0%	0.0009
	agree	22.4%	9.4%		28.6%	20.6%
	neither	26.5%	9.4%		41.3%	38.2%
	disagree	40.8%	12.5%		12.7%	26.5%
	strongly disagree	8.2%	50.0%		3.2%	14.7%
All patients prefer replantation over revision amputation
	strongly agree	2.0%	6.3%	0.59	9.5%	0.0%	<0.0001
	agree	14.3%	9.4%		33.3%	20.6%
	neither	20.4%	15.6%		49.2%	17.6%
	disagree	46.9%	46.9%		6.3%	44.1%
	strongly disagree	16.3%	21.9%		1.6%	17.6%
One’s body must be safeguarded
	strongly agree	2.0%	9.4%	0.14	7.9%	2.9%	<0.0001
	agree	6.1%	9.4%		46.0%	11.8%
	neither	28.6%	28.1%		42.9%	67.6%
	disagree	20.4%	25.0%		3.2%	8.8%
	strongly disagree	42.9%	28.1%		0.0%	8.8%
If one is born with a whole body, one should die with whole body
	strongly agree	2.0%	0.0%	0.27	6.3%	0.0%	<0.0001
	agree	0.0%	3.1%		23.8%	0.0%
	neither	16.3%	18.8%		44.4%	41.2%
	disagree	26.5%	37.5%		25.4%	35.3%
	strongly disagree	55.1%	40.6%		0.0%	23.5%

Bolded values indicate statistical significance