Reconstruction of the i carpo-metacarpal joint by transplantation of the Ii metatarsophalangeal joint on the neuro-vascular pedicle
Antoniuk, I.G.; Libakh, A.P.; Gaĭovich, V.I.; Kurinnoĭ, I.N.; Strafun, S.S.
Ortopediia Travmatologiia i Protezirovanie 11: 42-44
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-5987 PMID: 2095496 Document Number: 351286
In the article are presented the results of treatment of a patient with the consequences of severe damage of hand. As the basic method of treatment there was used free microneurovascular autotransplantation of tissue complexes. The main attention was paid to the problem of reconstruction of the I carpometacarpal joint by transplantation of the II metatarsophalangeal articulation on the neurovascular pedicle. There was achieved a favourable anatomic and functional result. There are indicated the advantages of the given method in case of irreversible destruction of the I carpometacarpal joint.