How do I choose a doctor after a traumatic hand or foot injury?

  Now many hand and foot trauma patients, after the injury is generally to surgery or orthopedics some even to the general surgery for treatment. The main reason is that hand and foot microsurgery has become an independent discipline for a relatively short period of time, and some general hospitals do not have this department, there may not be a single section of this technology, so hand and foot microsurgery in the people’s awareness is not high. Unlike the fractures are known to seek orthopedics and not to go to the general surgeon for treatment. Although the orthopedic surgeon or surgeon will also deal with it, the treatment method will be different and the effect may also be different, which may cause some inconvenience to the work and study life of the patient.  As a specialist in hand and foot microsurgery for many years, I still encounter many such cases, which are more difficult to handle later and difficult to achieve satisfactory results. For example, a broken finger is not a hand surgery specialty generally will not be connected (replantation), only stump repair treatment, will certainly make the hand function and appearance affected, if it is a multi-finger severed, there is a possibility that the hand function will be mostly or completely lost. For hand surgeons, even if the fingers are missing or completely disfigured, if the injured person wants to restore part of the hand function, it is possible to apply some surgical procedures or free toes to reconstruct the bunions, or even reconstruct the hand. Especially for total or multi-finger loss, this procedure is more effective in restoring the hand function, or at least the ability to take care of oneself. Therefore, patients with traumatic hand and foot injuries should seek professional treatment whenever possible.