Amputation in hand surgery.

P. C. Leung, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FRACS(E) Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatic Surgery Faculty of Medicine The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, New Territories Hong Kong When referring to amputation, the immediate association tends to be amputation related to trauma. There is little doubt that injury is by far the commonest cause of amputation, but one must not forget that babies might also be born with amputations of the upper limb. This latter group of amel ia composes the various types of congenital amputations.