Use of a bilobed second dorsal metacarpal artery-based island flap for thumb replantation

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 998-1006

  Zhang, Xu ^a,b   Yang, Liyan ^a,b   Shao, Xinzhong ^a,b   Wen, Sumin ^a,b   Zhu, Hongwei ^a,b   Zhang, Zhijie ^a,b  

^a Second Hospital of Qinhuangdao   (China)

^b Medical University   (China)

Author keywords

Bilobed second dorsal metacarpal artery based island flap; extensive thumb defect; first dorsal metacarpal artery; proximal phalanx; thumb replantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIGITAL ARTERY; DONOR SITE; DORSAL METACARPAL ARTERY BASED ISLAND FLAP; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER PHALANX; FINGER REPLANTATION; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDEX FINGER; ISLAND FLAP; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RANGE OF MOTION; SCAR; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB AMPUTATION; THUMB INJURY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION; VEIN ANASTOMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPLANTATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THUMB; VEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958036090     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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