Publications by authors named "Reinaldo Borges Goncalves"

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to describe associated factors and epidemiological aspects of Dupuytren's Disease in patients followed up in a Brazilian tertiary public hospital, at the Hand Surgery service.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed from 2014 to 2019.

Data Collected Included: age, gender, ancestry, associated comorbidity presence, phenobarbital, tobacco, and alcohol use, family history of Dupuytren's Disease and associated fibrotic diseases.

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Microsurgical toe transfer for thumb reconstruction is a challenging procedure, considering the technical skills necessary to perform it, as well as the difficult postoperative evaluation of esthetical and functional aspects. The present is the report of the case of a 3-year-old child who suffered a traumatic thumb amputation. Thumb reconstruction was performed through microsurgical toe transfer months after replantation failure.

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Objective: To evaluate postoperative epidemiological and functional factors in patients operated to treat duplicate thumb.

Methods: This retrospective case series evaluated 20 patients (23 thumbs) treated from January 2012 to December 2016 at our service. Epidemiological and clinical factors were studied, including Tada score.

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