Toe-to-hand free tissue transfer for thumb construction with multiple digit aplasia.
Successful one-stage toe-to-hand free tissue transfers were performed for bilateral aplasia of the radial digits of both hands in a 9-year-old boy with associated congenital bilateral cleft foot deformity. The results indicate that toe-to-hand free tissue transfer can successfully create a functional, movable, sensate, radial, prehensile digit in hands that are markedly deficient in local reconstructive tissues.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000098:blood supply; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous