title: Free vascularized toe joint transfer to the hand. A technique for simultaneous reconstruction of the soft tissue.
abstract: Twelve patients underwent reconstruction of injured finger joints using our technique of a vascularized transfer of the second toe proximal interphalangeal joint. The age of the patients at operation ranged from 7 to 47 years and the postoperative follow-up was 9 to 48 months. All the joint transfers survived and united with resolution of the preoperative joint pain, deformity and instability. The average range of motion of the reconstructed joints was 59 degrees in the proximal interphalangeal and 54 degrees in the metacarpophalangeal joints. No patient complained of pain or functional deficits in the donor foot.
authors.affiliation: Hiroshima Hand and Microsurgery Center and the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan. k-kimori@Hirochima-hmc.or.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013640:Tarsal Joints / Q000601:surgery*