Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria:
Patients having single/ multiple acute traumatic fingertip amputations. Where there is contraindication for replantation of fingertip (age >70 yr, smoker, drug abuse, psychiatric illness, contamination, duration of warm ischemia more than 6 h, avulsion or crush injury). Type 1 to 3 amputation (Allen).
Exclusion criteria:
History of trauma more than 3 weeks. Thumb injuries. Any patient with co morbidities like diabetes, collagen vascular diseases, peripheral vascular diseases (Buerger’s disease, Raynaud’s disease), leprosy, patients with injuries over the thenar eminence or middle phalanx of adjacent donor finger, pre-existing joint injury, joint stiffness, arthritis, and Dupuytren's contracture. Raw area due to any cause other than trauma. Refusal to give consent to participate in the study.