title: Ischemic toe encountered during harvesting: report of 6 cases.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Cirugía Plástica y de la Mano, Private Practice and Hospital Mutua Montañesa, Santander, Spain. drpinal@drpinal.com
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Piñal
authors.forename: Francisco J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: García-Bernal
authors.forename: Higinio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cagigal
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Regalado
authors.forename: Alexis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Studer
mesh_terms: 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*