Plastic Surgery Saves Fingers After Ring Avulsion Injuries —Video Discussion by Kyle Chepla, MD

Jimmy Fallon, host of NBC’s "The Tonight Show" brought national attention to "ring avulsion" injuries in 2015 when he described the accident that nearly cost him his finger and the plastic surgeons who saved it.

In this video, Kyle Chepla, MD discusses this uncommon but possible injury and a new article on the topic, "The Impact of Microsurgery on the Treatment of Ring Avulsion Injuries" by Chiu, Matthew, and Patel, which appears in the December 2019 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Volume 144 Issue 6.

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