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The technique of digital replantation has been investigated experimentally in stump-tailed monkeys, and two long term surviving (one partial) index fingers were obtained in a series of eleven reattachments. Antibiotics and anticoagulants were found to be necessary but no attempt was made to achieve digital function. The histological findings of the microvascular repairs are briefly presented.
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