Functional Restoration of a Midforearm Level Amputation using the Second Toe Transfer

Functional Restoration of a Midforearm Level Amputation using the Second Toe Transfer

Unilateral midforearm level amputation is a severely debilitating situation. The present solution for this problem is either restoration of function using a prosthetic hand, or a vascularized composite allotransplant (VCA) in some very selected cases. In cases of distal forearm level amputations, ev...

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Main Authors: Mohit Sharma, K. S. Shravan Rai, G. Srilekha Reddy, Shruti Kongara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2021-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
Subjects:
forearm amputation
toe transfer
vilkki procedure
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1735718

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