Finger replantation and reconstruction

Author: Cheng Guoliang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: The editor-in-chief, Professor Cheng Guoliang, is the Director of the Hand Surgery Center of the 401 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, a Chief Physician, and a renowned expert in hand and microsurgery in China. He has profound expertise in finger revascularization and reconstruction. Based on summarizing over 4,000 cases of finger revascularization and more than 1,100 cases of thumb and finger reconstruction, he wrote this part of the book. The entire book is named by combining the three aspects of finger revascularization, thumb and finger reconstruction, and emergency hand reconstruction. In addition to introducing the relevant anatomical knowledge of hands and feet, the author has fully shared his accumulated clinical experience and operational techniques with readers. Especially for various special types of finger revascularization, he provides detailed descriptions, reflecting both the characteristics of finger revascularization in China and the author's profound expertise in this field. The new ideas and methods provided for readers are fully reflected in the field of toe transplantation for thumb and finger reconstruction, showcasing the author's unique concepts and surgical techniques. Particularly, the surgical design and methods of using different types of toe tissue transplantation for different types of thumb and finger defects have achieved satisfactory appearance and function, being well-received by patients and readers. This has brought finger reconstruction from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom, achieving the goal of reconstructing fingers as needed. The emergency hand reconstruction pioneered by the author—replantation of amputated fingers at the forearm stump to reconstruct partial hand function—is an innovative surgical technique based on finger revascularization and emergency thumb and finger reconstruction. It involves meticulously designed replantation of what would otherwise be discarded fingers at the forearm stump to reconstruct partial hand function, opening up new methods for plastic and reconstructive surgery and bringing blessings to many severely injured hand patients. The content compiled in this book fully reflects the new level and characteristics of finger revascularization and reconstruction in China, elevating the technology to an extremely high standard, making it a rare and valuable specialized work. In addition to providing detailed introductions to the applied anatomy, surgical indications, surgical methods, and precautions of finger revascularization and reconstruction, the book is also supported by numerous clinical cases, offering readers new insights. This book is an ideal reference for orthopedic surgeons, hand surgeons, and plastic and reconstructive surgeons.