Sensory recovery in transplanted toes.
This study reports the results of 30 patients who entered a program of sensory reeducation following toe-to-thumb transfer. Results were analyzed after subdividing the patients into those whose injury had produced severe scarring (fibrotic group, N = 15) and those with clean, more distal amputations (non-fibrotic group, N = 15). Patients who were unable to complete sensory reeducation were considered as "drop-out" controls. Although the follow-up time was less than 1 year, the group receiving sensory reeducation did improve to a greater degree and more quickly than the controls, with the level of two-point discrimination recovered being better than that originally present in the toe.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013236:Stereognosis; D013933:Thumb; D014034:Toes / Q000294:innervation / Q000637:transplantation*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014732:Vibration