REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE SUTURE TECHNIQUE WITH POLYPROPYLENE MEMBRANE IN SMALL TRAUMATIC AMPUTATIONS, IN EMERGENCY CARE: A LOW-COST AND EASY-TO-HANDLE ALTERNATIVE

Abstract

Introduction: the traumatic amputations, tissue loss or part of an organ, such as phalanges, fingers or limbs, correspond to a great part of the assistances in the Emergency Room of the Public Network of the country. Thus, proposing a correct technique for its suture that is easy to reproduce and low cost is an alternative to Public Health, reducing hospitalizations and surgeries and, consequently, having the patient rehabilitated as early as possible and reinserted into his or her routine. Methodology: This is a descriptive case series study. We evaluated 11 patients with traumatic injuries of digital pulp and phalanx, in chirodactyls, forearm, leg and knee, between September 2019 and December 2021, who received suture with polypropylene membrane. Results: the age of patients ranged from 04 to 68 years, with 07 male patients (63.64%) and 04 female patients (36.36%).Conclusions: the present technique used in the study is of paramount importance in the Public Health field, for being of low cost, without the need for hospitalization, performed in the Emergency Room itself and without the need for specialists, with low complication rates and satisfactory results, both in the closure / healing of the lesion, and the satisfaction of the user in relation to the Public Health System.