title: Thumb reconstruction in the severely damaged hand using finger remnants.
abstract: In severely injured hands with loss of the thumb and irreparable damage to one or more fingers, the thumb can often be reconstructed by transfer of a comparatively useless finger remnant. Sometimes this reconstruction can be performed at the time of primary treatment, but generally this is done as a secondary procedure. Seven patients were treated and considerable functional improvement was obtained in all instances.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Sophia Ziekenhuis, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dijkstra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery