title: Index finger pollicization.
abstract: The thumb is a specialized organ with unique functions that cannot be replicated by any other digit. The most powerful technique for construction of a missing thumb is index finger pollicization. In this article, we outline our technique for index finger pollicization. Over a 30-year period, certain technical refinements have improved the function and appearance of these transposed digits.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Amir H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Taghinia
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Upton
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000637:transplantation*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009139:Musculoskeletal Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome