In the Annals of Surgery last week, Drs. Vilray Papin Blair and Louis T. Byars of St. Louis, Mo. told how they made a finger out of a toe. The patient was a pretty two-year-old girl who had ...
NEW DELHI: “After the injury, I could not even hold a glass of water or eat by myself. I had lost all confidence,” said 34-year-old Abdalla Alkhader, a Sudanese soldier who lost his thumb, index and ...
Toe transfer versus finger replantation: New data on patient-reported outcomes Amputations of the fingers and thumb are common injuries, affecting about 45,000 people per year in the United States ...
Waltham — August 7, 2025 — For patients with amputations affecting the hand, toe transfer surgery provides an alternative to replanting the amputated digits and may lead to greater improvement in hand ...