Microsurgery in revascularizations and replantations of the upper extremity in emergency cases. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. University Hospital Center of Treichville-Abidjan

The authors report their experience in vascular and nervous microsurgery. They remark that there is a long time between the emergency reception of the wounded person and the appeal to plastic surgery. They deplore also the bad collaboration between the different department of emergency surgery. Finally they emphasize that the scarcity of cases is due to insufficient information of different departments of emergency surgery in microsurgery era.