What is it about?
To find out the proper length of a toe PIP joint which gives the best arc of motion after surgery
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Why is it important?
To prove the expert's experience, "shorter graft gives the best arc of motion"
Perspectives
We learned from the experts that, a shorter intercalated graft may give the best arc of motion after a vascularized toe PIP joint transfer. However, this comments were not proved before. We tried to use a cadaveric study to test it. Although it could not totally mimic the clinical condition. Nonetheless, it helped us to answer one question, the length does matter.
Yu-Te Lin
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
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This page is a summary of: The impact of transferred vascularized toe joint length on motion arc of reconstructed finger proximal interphalangeal joints: a cadaveric study, Journal of Hand Surgery (European Volume), June 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1753193417714207.
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