Thumb reconstruction in the severely damaged hand using finger remnants.
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.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Sophia Ziekenhuis, The Netherlands.
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