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SECOND‐TOE TO HAND TRANSPLANTATION: A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF 25 CASES
Author(s) -
Leung P. C.
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.tb04112.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , foot (prosody) , thumb , second toe , surgery , physical medicine and rehabilitation , linguistics , philosophy
Twenty‐five cases of second‐toe transplantation to replace the thumb and other fingers are reported. There were 20 total successes, four partial successes and one total failure. A total of eight patients had circulatory complications at some stage after operation. The causes of the complications are discussed and the preventive measures suggested. The overall motor and sensory functions of the transplanted toes were highly satisfactory. The donor foot did not suffer functionally despite the absent second toe.