Pollution

The Pollizisation is a hand surgical operation method for simulating a thumb ( lat. : Pollex ). The thumb can be partially or completely lost due to a congenital defect, surgery ( tumor surgery ) or injury .

Another finger (most often the index finger ) with the existing supply of blood vessels, nerves and tendons can be used for pollution. Another possibility is to restore the vascular, nerve and tendon function using microsurgical technology. In this case you can use a different finger or a toe from the foot.

literature

G. Foucher, J. Medina, P. Lorea, G. Pivato, Z. Szabó: Pollicization in Congenital Differences. Hanchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2004; 36, 146-151 PMID 15162313

Individual references / comments

↑ Cf. the pioneering publication on the technique of pollicization as it is used worldwide today, the habilitation thesis Pollizization of the index finger in aplasia and hypoplasia of the thumb: Indication, technique and results by Dieter Buck-Gramcko (Hamburg 1971)
↑ See also Hildegunde Piza-Katzer , Andrea Wenger, Eva-Maria Baur, Dunja Estermann and Michael Rieger: Pollicization of the index finger in hypoplasia of the thumb. Experience with the method of Buck-Gramcko and retrospective analysis of the clinical outcome in a series of 19 pollicizations ; in: Journal of Hand and Microsurgery , Edition 1/2009, pp. 17 to 24

[1] Cf. the pioneering publication on the technique of pollicization as it is used worldwide today, the habilitation thesis Pollizization of the index finger in aplasia and hypoplasia of the thumb: Indication, technique and results by Dieter Buck-Gramcko (Hamburg 1971)

[2] See also Hildegunde Piza-Katzer , Andrea Wenger, Eva-Maria Baur, Dunja Estermann and Michael Rieger: Pollicization of the index finger in hypoplasia of the thumb. Experience with the method of Buck-Gramcko and retrospective analysis of the clinical outcome in a series of 19 pollicizations ; in: Journal of Hand and Microsurgery , Edition 1/2009, pp. 17 to 24