Toe-to-thumb transplantation in the rat.
A toe harvested from the hind foot of a rat was successfully transplanted to the rat thumb position, with vessel and nerve anastomoses. With this technique practiced, there will be more ease, confidence, and success when doing toe-to-hand or small tissue transplantations or replantations in humans, even in infants. The procedure is described and discussed.
Bao
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Department of Orthopaedics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033.
D000818:Animals; D005552:Forelimb / Q000601:surgery; D006085:Graft Survival; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000601:surgery; D008722:Methods; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*