Pincer reconstruction using second toe transplantation.
Nine patients who had suffered mutilating injuries of the hand with preservation of only one digit and loss of the others at metacarpal level have been treated by transfer of the second toe onto a metacarpal stump to restore pincer grip. The transfers did not all survive but those which did gave useful function.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*; D014654:Vascular Patency