Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 803.— Dupuytrens contraction of the little finger.—i and 2. Front and sideviews. This contraction was cured by the complete excision of the thickened palmarfascia and closure of the skin, after blocking the nerves in the wrist. There has been notendency to recurrence. The little finger of the other hand had also been successfullyoperated upon by another surgeon several years Fig. 804.—BiUtteral Dupuytrens contractiuu invulving the right ring finger and theleft middle finger.—Note the lumpy contracted skin and the prominent bands
Plastic surgery; its principles and practice . Fig. 803.— Dupuytrens contraction of the little finger.—i and 2. Front and sideviews. This contraction was cured by the complete excision of the thickened palmarfascia and closure of the skin, after blocking the nerves in the wrist. There has been notendency to recurrence. The little finger of the other hand had also been successfullyoperated upon by another surgeon several years Fig. 804.—BiUtteral Dupuytrens contractiuu invulving the right ring finger and theleft middle finger.—Note the lumpy contracted skin and the prominent bands of tightlydrawn fascia. Much against my judgment I was forced to treat this patient by multiplesubcutaneous division of the contracting bands, as it was not possible for him to enter thehospital. He obtained temporary relief. 68o PLASTIC SURGERY fact that equally good results may be obtained from the operativeprocedure alone. The Transplantation of Fingers and Toes to Replace Fingers Recently Joyce replaced a missing thumb by transplanting the ringfinger from the other hand, and obtained a remarkably good functionalresult. His method is as follows: (i) An incision is made along the radialborder of the hand beginning at a point which corresponds with thehorizontal level of the center of the web between the index finger andthe thumb of the sound hand, and somewhat nearer the dorsum thanthe palm. When the wrist is reached, the in
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