Replantation of amputated parts has been performed on fingers, hands, forearms, arms, toes, feet, legs, ears, scalp, face, lips, penis and a tongue.

[4] Replantation requires microsurgery and must be performed within several hours of the part's amputation, at a center with specialized equipment, surgeons and supporting staff.

[4] Parts should be wrapped with moistened gauze and placed inside a clean or sterile bag floating in ice water.

Parts that contain major muscle groups, such as the arms, need to be replanted within 6–8 hours to have a viable limb.

A microsurgeon needs all available parts of human tissue to cover the wound at the stump and prevent further shortening.

However, vessels and nerves of large amputated parts (e.g. arm and forearm) may be reconnected using loupes or no magnification.

Everett Knowles, a 12-year-old boy, had attempted to hop a freight train when he fell and was thrown against a stone wall, severing his right arm cleanly at the shoulder.

To the 44th anniversary of the first in Ukraine and the former USSR reimplantation of the upper limb after its complete traumatic amputation.The East Europe Journal of Internal and Family Medicine.