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<journal-id>0120-0011</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev.fac.med.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-0011</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0120-00112020000300352</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/revfacmed.v68n3.75081</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Huber opposition transfer for improving hypoplastic thumb: results of a case series]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Transferencia de Huber para mejorar la oposición del pulgar hipoplásico: resultados de una serie de casos]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vergara-Amador]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Enrique]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castellar-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Yimer]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá D.C]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>68</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>352</fpage>
<lpage>355</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-00112020000300352&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-00112020000300352&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-00112020000300352&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction: Abductor digiti minimi transfer (also known as Huber opposition transfer) allows restoring thumb opposition. This method has several advantages over other opposition transfer techniques, as it replaces the intrinsic muscles of the thumb with another intrinsic muscle of the hypothenar region, thus improving the volume of thenar eminence. It is used preferably in thumb hypoplasia types II and III.  Objective: To describe the functional results of a series of patients with thumb hypoplasia who underwent Huber opposition transfer.  Materials and methods: Descriptive, observational study conducted in 11 patients with thumb hypoplasia who underwent Huber opposition transfer and with a minimum follow-up of 6 months. Furthermore, some of these patients had undergone pollicization due to their type of hypoplasia.  Results: The average age at the time of surgery was 35 months and the average follow-up period was 15.4 months. Average opposition function, according to the modified Kapandji index, improved from 1.63 (range 1-2) to 3.72 (range 2-4).  Conclusion: Good functional results were obtained using this technique, achieving overall improvement in opposition function according to the Kapandji index. In 9 patients, the index increased to grade 4 and in 1 it went from grade 1 to grade 3; in 1 case, improvement was not significant (grade 1 to grade 2), since the patient presented with finger stiffness associated with VACTERL. Huber opposition transfer allows achieving good functional opposition results in patients with thumb hypoplasia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción. La transferencia del abductor digiti minimi o transferencia de Huber permite restaurar la oposición del pulgar y presenta varias ventajas sobre otras técnicas de transferencias de oposición, ya que reemplaza musculatura intrínseca del pulgar por otro músculo intrínseco de la región hipotenar, lo que mejora el volumen de la eminencia tenar. Este procedimiento es usado preferiblemente en los tipos II y III de hipoplasia de pulgar.  Objetivo. Describir los resultados funcionales de la transferencia de Huber en una serie de pacientes con hipoplasia de pulgar.  Materiales y métodos. Estudio observacional descriptivo realizado en 11 pacientes con hipoplasia de pulgar operados mediante la técnica Huber y a quienes se les había realizado un seguimiento mínimo de 6 meses. Además, algunos habían sido sometidos a pulgariza-ción debido al tipo de hipoplasia que presentaban.  Resultados. La edad promedio de los participantes al momento de la cirugía fue de 35 meses y el tiempo promedio de seguimiento fue de 15.4 meses. El promedio de la función de oposición, según la escala modificada de Kapandji mejoró de 1.63 (intervalo de 1-2) a 3.72 (intervalo 2-4).  Conclusión. Se obtuvieron buenos resultados funcionales al emplear esta técnica, logrando una mejora general de la oposición según la escala de Kapandji: en 9 pacientes aumentó a grado 4 y en otro pasó de 1 a 3; solo en 1 caso la mejora no fue significativa (grado 1 a 2) dado que el paciente presentaba rigidez de los dedos asociada a VACTERL. La transferencia de Huber es una técnica que permite obtener buenos resultados funcionales de oposición para el pulgar hipoplásico.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Thumb]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tendon Transfer]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Congenital Abnormalities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Hand (MeSH)]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pulgar]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Transferencia tendinosa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Anomalías congénitas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Mano (DeCS)]]></kwd>
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