Digital reconstruction using the toe flap-- report of 10 cases.
The vascular-pedicle "wrap-around" free flap was used in five patients for reconstruction in amputations distal to the metacarpophalangeal joint. In five other patients who had normal thumbs but had lost all fingers, the technique was expanded to include the second toe with great toe wrap-around flap. All patients did well, but significant bone peg resorption occurred in six patients and in three others the bone peg fractured.
D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D014034:Toes