Oropeza-Morales JR, Pacheco-López RC, Meza-Pérez A

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 105-111
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ABSTRACT

The experience in seven patients with toe to hand transfer, with excellent results in bone healing and hand function, with the use of titanium three-dimensional (3-D) miniplates system is presented. These plates were originally developed as a bone fixation system in maxillofacial trauma, they are a new method for stable internal fixation in selected cases of toe to hand transfer, and it is part of the Würzburg® system. Their small size needs less dissection and being a monocortical system, there is no need for many surgical instruments. The stable fixation provided permits an early motion program in the transferred toe that will lead to a faster recovery of the patient. We present these plates as an easy and reliable option in bone fixation armamentarium in microsurgery procedures to be undertaken in the hand.

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