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Refining Treatment Strategies in Patients With Fingertip Wounds and End-Stage Renal Disease.

Neel VishwanathDaniel HuVinay RaoJoseph CrozierLoree K Kalliainen
Published in: Hand (New York, N.Y.) (2023)
In nontraumatic fingertip wounds, patients with ESRD had worse operative outcomes than patients without ESRD. More aggressive management of fingertip wounds using earlier and more proximal initial amputations may expedite wound healing in certain high-risk patients with ESRD.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • chronic kidney disease
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • wound healing
  • adipose tissue
  • ejection fraction
  • type diabetes
  • skeletal muscle