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The First Toe-to-Hand Transfer: A Thirty-Year Follow-upFrom the Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, West Sussex, UK Correspondence: Mr. I. H. Whitworth, Dept of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, West Sussex RH19 3DZ, UK., E-mail: ian.whitworth{at}qvh-tr.sthames.nhs.uk In April 1968 the first successful free toe-to-hand transfer was performed by Mr. J. R. Cobbett at the Queen Victoria Hospital to reconstruct the thumb of a woodworker. Details of the case are discussed and the patients current level of sensation, power and function are presented over 30 years following reconstruction.
Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 25, No. 6,
608-610 (2000) |
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