Pollicization for congenital thumb aplasia using the second dorsal metacarpal artery as the vascular pedicle: case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The author presents the case of a child with bilateral thumb hypoplasia. Pollicization of the left index finger with grade 4 thumb hypoplasia was attempted and abandoned, apparently because of anomalous vascular anatomy. A secondary procedure identified a substantial second dorsal metacarpal artery that connected with a palmar-ulnar digital vessel at the level of the metacarpal neck. Successful pollicization was performed using the second dorsal metacarpal artery and its venae comitantes as the vascular pedicle.
Medical subject headings
- Metacarpus
- Plastic Surgery Procedures
- Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome
Anatomy
- hand
- wrist