50-year-old woman, was brought to the hospital on September 17, 1973, along with her severed right forearm which had been completely amputated by machine approximately 30 minutes prior to admission.
Replantation was performed by bone fixation, arterial and vein anastomosis, nerve suture, tendon and muscle suture and skin covering.
On the 14th postoperative day, reconstructed radial artery occured rupture. Ruptured radial artery was restored with autovein-graft immediately.
But on the postoperative 21th day, the patient had died with acute hepatitis.
Histological finding of the ruptured arterial wall showed infected change.
