title: [202 toe transfers to the hand].
abstract: This retrospective study analyzed 202 toe-to-hand transplants performed over the last 20 years at the Davies Medical Center, San Francisco (USA). The overall success rate was 97%. Toe transplants for finger reconstruction yielded optimal functional and cosmetic results due to their anatomical similarity to fingers. The great toe was preferably used for thumb reconstruction, whereas the other toes were used for reconstruction of the long fingers. Early reconstructions, multiple simultaneous toe transplants, and interventions combining toe transplantation with free flaps seemed to be advantageous because of shorter rehabilitation and comparable results.
authors.affiliation: Division of Microsurgical Replantation-Transplantation, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Meuli-Simmen
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Buncke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Siko
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Buncke
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006214:Hallux / Q000637:transplantation; D006225:Hand / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods
vernacular_title: 202 Zehentransplantate an die Hand.