title: Toe-to-hand transfers for congenital anomalies of the hand.
abstract: Reconstruction of congenital differences of the hand presents a surgical challenge. Microsurgical toe-to-hand transfer is becoming an accepted treatment for these difficult problems. These transfers can provide functionally useful and cosmetically acceptable digits in children with congenital absence of the thumb, fingers, or both. Currently, the success rate is routinely greater than 95%.
authors.affiliation: UCLA Hand Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Avenue, #3355, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. njones@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Neil F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Scott L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education; D011300:Preoperative Care; D014034:Toes / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*