Restricted accessCase reportFirst published online 2022-1
Salvage Reconstruction of a Congenital Hypoplastic Thumb Due to Constriction Ring Syndrome Using a Third Toe Transfer,When the Usual Donor Sites of Index Finger,Great and Second Toes Are Not Available
Isolated third toe-to-thumb transfers have been rarely reported and none in the pediatric population. We describe a third toe-to-thumb transfer for reconstruction of a congenital hypoplastic thumb with excellent functional results and no morbidity in the donor foot.
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