title: Conventional techniques for thumb reconstruction.
abstract: After a century of surgical efforts at making a thumb, the development of microvascular surgical technology has extended the surgeon's capabilities in reconstruction. Advances in technology occur not in a vacuum of knowledge but from an understanding of the traditional established principles of the structure and physiology of the hand.
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005385:Fingers / Q000637:transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*