Sewing hot and cold: Successful replant of a hand in a patient who developed malignant hyperthermia intraoperatively

We report a case in which a patient developed malignant hyperthermia (MH) during surgery to replant his hand. His condition was stabilised without the need to cease the procedure which continued for a further 6 h. MH and traumatic amputation of a hand are both rare emergencies. This case demonstrate...

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Veröffentlicht in:	British journal of plastic surgery 2005, Vol.58 (1), p.92-93
Hauptverfasser:	Harley, Oliver J.H., Robbins, Sonia, Orlando, Antonio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amputation, Traumatic - surgery Biological and medical sciences Hand - surgery Humans Intraoperative Complications - etiology Male Malignant Hyperthermia - etiology Malignant hypothermia Medical sciences Middle Aged Replantation - methods Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Time Factors traumatic amputation Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	We report a case in which a patient developed malignant hyperthermia (MH) during surgery to replant his hand. His condition was stabilised without the need to cease the procedure which continued for a further 6 h. MH and traumatic amputation of a hand are both rare emergencies. This case demonstrates that, MH may be controlled to allow a lengthy operation to be completed.
ISSN:	0007-1226 1465-3087
DOI:	10.1016/j.bjps.2004.05.008