Acknowledgment: We would like to recognize our friend and partner Douglas P. Hanel, MD, who was a coauthor on the sixth edition version of this chapter. His contributions to it, and to hand surgery in general, are innumerable, and we…
Synopsis ■ Thumb reconstruction should aim to restore the cardinal thumb actions: mobility, stability, sensibility, length, and appearance. ■ Level of thumb loss is divided into thirds: distal (tip to interphalangeal joint), middle (interphalangeal joint to metacarpal neck), and proximal…
History of Reconstructive Surgery As one of my professors, the late Bradford Cannon, noted, the field of plastic surgery, unlike most other surgical specialties, has no anatomic or functional area to which it can lay claim; the plastic surgeon practices…