Yangon General Hospital (YGH) has successfully performed a replantation surgery on a 27-year-old male patient from Hpa-an who sustained a complete palm amputation on the left hand following a knife injury on 24 May at approximately 11 am.
The patient was initially provided emergency care at Hpa-an General Hospital and was subsequently transferred to Yangon General Hospital for further treatment. After conducting necessary diagnostic procedures at the Emergency Department, a replantation surgery was carried out beginning at 10:30 pm on 24 May and concluded successfully at 5:30 am on 25 May.
The patient remained in stable health following the operation, and the blood circulation to the reattached palm was reported as satisfactory. He was discharged from the hospital on 11 June and returned for a follow-up consultation on 16 June, during which his hand condition remained good.
The surgical team comprised Dr Ye Naing Oo and Dr Aung Hlaing Phone, both second-year orthopaedic hand surgery doctoral trainees; Dr Khaing May Oo, a third-year doctoral trainee; Assistant Orthopaedic Surgeon Dr Yaza Aung Saw Win; and second-year postgraduate trainee Dr Sai Thiha. The operation was carried out under the supervision of Anaesthetist Dr Delia Soe Win and a team of anaesthesia specialists, with nursing support led by Sister Daw Moh Moh Aung, along with laboratory technicians, radiographers and other supporting departments.
Yangon General Hospital has previously conducted successful replantation surgeries: one palm replantation in 2022, one forearm replantation in 2023, one thumb replantation in 2024 and now this palm replantation in 2025.
For patients who require replantation procedures, it is advised that the severed limb be washed with clean water or normal saline (or Ringer Lactate), wrapped in sterile gauze soaked with the same solution and placed inside a clean plastic bag or container. This should then be sealed and placed inside an ice-filled cooler to ensure the severed part reaches the referral hospital in a viable condition for surgery, according to medical experts.
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