NORFOLK, Va. ( WAVY) – A surgeon at Sentara Norfolk General hospital recently performed an unusual and very rare procedure. A patient lost a thumb – and decided to replace it with one of his toes.

Tendon transfer to help re-establish active opposition may be necessary in some cases. Notes Presented at the tenth annual meeting of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, Los Angeles ...

The idea that only muscle combinations (e.g., multiple recipient muscle tendon transfers)—not individual muscles—have the capacity for the desired thumb-tip movement naturally follows from the ...

In the hand: ulnar nerve to median nerve transfer to restore thumb opposition (being able to touch the thumb to other fingers). ... In the lower leg: combined tendon and nerve transfers to restore ...

Hand reanimation for finger and thumb flexion in cases of total paralysis remains a challenge in reconstructive surgery, and the available options for hand reanimation include nerve grafts, distal ...

INTRODUCTION. Hand reanimation for finger and thumb flexion in cases of total paralysis remains a challenge in reconstructive surgery, and the available options for hand reanimation include nerve ...

Correspondence to: Claire Marie Durban; Division of Hand and Foot Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong ...

Surgery to replace your thumb joint could involve a tendon transfer or an artificial replacement. There are also newer techniques that use a wire or suture as a sling to support your thumb. As ...

Thumb movement is very important for object gripping. However, when a cerebrovascular disorder or spinal cord injury causes hand paralysis, which impairs the motor function of the fingers, it becomes ...