title: The arterial system of the first intermetatarsal space and its influence in toe-to-hand transfer: a report of 53 long-pedicle transfers.
abstract: A study of the arterial system in the first intermetatarsal space was performed during 53 toe-to-hand or vascularized tissue of the toe transfers with long arterial pedicles. The first dorsal metatarsal artery was used as a single pedicle in 25 transfers and the first plantar metatarsal artery in 21: both arteries were taken simultaneously in seven transfers. In 11 transfers, the dorsalis pedis artery and the perforating branch were absent, although this did not exclude the presence of a first dorsal metatarsal artery which arose from the plantar system by means of an ascending vascular branch in seven cases.
authors.affiliation: Regional Centre for Surgery of the Hand, Quirón Clinic, Zaragoza, Spain. gmarvil@terra.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martínez Villén
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: García Julve
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008684:Metatarsus / Q000098:blood supply; D008875:Middle Aged; D014034:Toes / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome