Ischemic toe encountered during harvesting: report of 6 cases.
Local vessel disease causing lack of arterial inflow at the time of toe harvesting represents a surgical emergency. In a personal experience of 194 toe transfers to the hand, 6 cases (in 4 patients) were found to have diseased vessels at the first web to the point that acute ischemia of the toe occurred when the tourniquet was released at the lower limb. We report our experience in these 6 cases.
Del Piñal
Francisco
F
Instituto de Cirugía Plástica y de la Mano, Private Practice and Hospital Mutua Montañesa, Santander, Spain. drpinal@drpinal.com
García-Bernal
Francisco J
FJ
Ayala
Higinio
H
Cagigal
Leopoldo
L
Regalado
Javier
J
Studer
Alexis
A
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014034:Toes / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000637:transplantation*