The first toe-to-hand transfer: a thirty-year follow-up.
In April 1968 the first successful free toe-to-hand transfer was performed by Mr. J. R. Cobbett at the Queen Victoria Hospital to reconstruct the thumb of a woodworker. Details of the case are discussed and the patient's current level of sensation, power and function are presented over 30 years following reconstruction.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK. ian.whitworth@qvh-tr.sthames.nhs.uk
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D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006214:Hallux / Q000637:transplantation*; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male