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Transplantation of the second toe to the hand. A preliminary report of sixteen cases
- Source :
- The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. 62:990-996
- Publication Year :
- 1980
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1980.
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Abstract
- Nine patients had replacement of the thumb and seven, reconstruction of a finger in a mutilated hand in which the thumb or all fingers had been amputated. There were twelve successes, three partial successes, and one failure. A clear knowledge of the anatomy of the dorsalis pedis artery, avoidance of kinking of the vessels, and adequate precautions against postoperative edema and venous congestion were essential for success. The donor foot did not suffer functionally despite the absent second toe.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Hand surgery
General Medicine
Thumb
Surgery
body regions
Transplantation
medicine.anatomical_structure
Amputation
Preliminary report
Dorsalis pedis artery
medicine.artery
medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
business
Foot (unit)
Second toe
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00219355
- Volume :
- 62
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8ee2b44c5bcf4a5e7575416857d1d320