[Free microsurgical metatarsal bone transplantation for correction of hypoplasia of the thumb]

W Schneider; B Reichert; N Pallua; H Meyer

[Free microsurgical metatarsal bone transplantation for correction of hypoplasia of the thumb]

Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir. 1994 May;26(3):120-5.

[Article in German]

Authors

W Schneider¹, B Reichert, N Pallua, H Meyer

Affiliation

¹ Klinik für Plastische, Hand- und Widerherstellungschirurgie, Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover im Krankenhaus Oststadt.

PMID: 8050739

Abstract

This paper describes a procedure for lengthening the first metacarpal bone in hypoplasia of the thumb by microvascular transplantation of the distal part of metatarsal bone with its epiphysis. This method is a promising alternative to pollicization of the index finger.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Metatarsal Bones / transplantation*
Microsurgery / methods*
Motor Skills / physiology*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
Radiography
Range of Motion, Articular / physiology
Thumb / abnormalities*
Thumb / diagnostic imaging
Thumb / surgery