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ReviewSeminars in plastic surgery2022

Great Toe Transplantation.

Antonio J Forte, Karla C Maita, Ricardo A Torres-Guzman, Francisco R Avila, Bauback Safa, Gregory Buncke, Rudolph Buntic, Andrew Watt

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Review in Seminars in plastic surgery, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Antonio J ForteDivision of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
Karla C MaitaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
Ricardo A Torres-GuzmanDivision of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
Francisco R AvilaDivision of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida.
Bauback SafaThe Buncke Medical Clinic, San Francisco, California.
Gregory BunckeThe Buncke Medical Clinic, San Francisco, California.
Rudolph BunticThe Buncke Medical Clinic, San Francisco, California.
Andrew WattThe Buncke Medical Clinic, San Francisco, California.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite being relatively uncommon in the general population, thumb amputations cause severe disability. More than 3,300 thumb amputations occurred in the United States. The thumb makes up around 40% of the function of the hand. Therefore, losing it would result in significant medical, hospital, and societal costs. Thumb reconstruction surgery's primary goal is to restore grip strength, including the range of motion, fine and tripod pinch, power grasp, strength, and sensibility, while secondary goals include restoring hand aesthetics. In cases of thumb replantation, like-for-like replacement is possible; however, when thumb replantation is not possible, great toe-to-hand transplantation is the best available reconstruction. When compared with other reconstructive options such as osteoplastic thumb reconstruction, pollicization, second toe transplantation, and the use of a thumb prosthesis, great toe transplantation provides superior function and aesthetics. For restoring pinch, sensitivity, strength, and aesthetics of the hand with well-tolerated donor site morbidity, toe to thumb transplantation is regarded as the gold standard.

Indexed as

amputationextremitiesmicrosurgeryreconstructive surgical proceduresthumbvascularized composite allotransplantation

Identifiers

PMID36561428
PMCPMC9762995

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