The Foot as a Donor Site for Reconstruction in the Hand.

Hand Clin · May 2024 · Review

Boretto JG, Holc F, Victorica PB

Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Department, Prof. Dr. "Carlos Ottolenghi Institute", Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONOverview of using foot tissues as donor sites for hand reconstruction, allowing missing fingers and structures to be rebuilt without taking healthy tissue from an already injured hand.
Abstract, as published

The foot contains a unique collection of tissue types that can be used in the reconstruction of the hand. Numerous reconstructive options have been presented, some of which have been adopted, such as modifications to procedures that have been described in the past or even newly developed options for hand reconstruction. It is possible to reconstruct missing fingers and other hand structures using tissues taken from the foot rather than removing healthy tissue from a hand that has already been injured. This makes it possible to avoid having healthy tissue removed from an injured hand.

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