THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A DORSAL DIGITAL DEFECT USING REVERSE HOMODIGITAL ISLAND FLAP INCORPORATING VASCULARIZED TENDON

Authors
TONKIN MA AHMAD TS
Citation
Ma. Tonkin et Ts. Ahmad, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF A DORSAL DIGITAL DEFECT USING REVERSE HOMODIGITAL ISLAND FLAP INCORPORATING VASCULARIZED TENDON, Journal of hand surgery. British volume, 22B(6), 1997, pp. 750-751
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Orthopedics,Surgery
Journal title
Journal of hand surgery. British volume → ACNP
ISSN journal
02667681
Volume
22B
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
750 - 751
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-7681(1997)22B:6<750:TROADD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We describe a modification of the reverse homodigital island flap, in which a segment of lateral bend of the extensor apparatus is harvested with the flap and used to reconstruct the extensor insertion to the d istal phalanx.