title: Current concepts of toe-to-hand transfer: surgery and rehabilitation.
abstract: Optimal functional recovery after toe-to-hand transfer depends on skillful surgery as well as aggressive motor and sensory rehabilitation. The patient should be well motivated and willing to incorporate the involved hand in daily living and carry out the rehabilitation program on a daily basis. This article presents the current recommendations for the different toe-to-hand transfers and their postoperative rehabilitation programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Medical College, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abdalla el-Gammal
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*