title: Composite big-toe flap of nail, nail matrix, and bone for replacement of a thumb defect: case report.
abstract: Defects created by glomus tumor resection are usually closed primarily or with the use of a skin graft or a local flap. The authors present a case with a large defect on the radial side of a dominant thumb where, to replace missing tissue with the same type of tissue, a custom-made free toe transfer was used, to provide a good functional and aesthetic reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, University Hospital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorea
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Fontaine
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schuind
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery; D005918:Glomus Tumor / Q000601:surgery; D006214:Hallux / Q000637:transplantation*; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D009262:Nails / Q000601:surgery*; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*