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THE SURGICAL REPAIR OF AMPUTATIONS OF THE THUMB
Author(s) -
Morrison Wayne A.,
O'Brien Bernard McC.,
MacLeod Allan M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1980.tb04109.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thumb , amputation , surgery
Twenty‐four thumb mutilations have been repaired by using either whole toe transfers or portions of the big toe for reconstruction. The hallux has many of the properties uniquely suitable for thumb reconstruction. Its total sacrifice, however, leaves a significant defect in the foot, and It is usually too big to look convincing as a thumb. Essential portions of it can be transferred without undue deformity in the foot, and these, in combination with an lliac crest bone graft, can be modelled into a most aesthetic and functional thumb.