Epidemiology of digital amputation and replantation in Taiwan: A population-based study.

Background: Publications on digital amputation and replantation have been mostly derived from case series in high-volume hand surgery practices, and epidemiological studies are few. This study used a population-based dataset to illustrate the incidence of digital amputation, patient and hospital characteristics, and their relationships with replantation.

Methods: A claim for reimbursement dataset (2008) was provided as a research database by the Bureau of National Health Insurance, Taiwan.