Reconstruction and sensitization of the amputated thumb.
Injuries involving soft tissue or bone loss of the thumb can be devastating. Three techniques are described that utilize local and distant osseous and cutaneous structures for restoration of length to the amputated thumb. In addition, restoration of sensibility by the Nikoladoni method, in which a radial cutaneous flap is used for injuries confined primarily to soft tissue, is discussed.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000601:surgery; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D012677:Sensation; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000293:injuries* / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery