Advances in Pediatric Toe Transfers.

Hand Clin

National Orthopaedic Centre of Excellence for Research and Learning (NOCERAL), Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Universiti Malaya, 50603 Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Published: May 2024

Microsurgery is undoubtedly the pinnacle of hand surgery. Significant advancement in recent years has stretched the indications for toe-to-hand transfer in both acquired and congenital hand defects to restore function, esthetics, and motion, with minimal morbidity to the donor site. There is no one fixed microsurgical transfer technique but a surgeon's versatility and innovation in using what one could spare because each case is unique. Esthetic refinements and reducing donor site morbidities have taken a front seat in recent years. We present a few cases to put forward the senior author's preferred techniques with this objective in mind.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hcl.2023.10.004DOI Listing

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