| SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL PAPERS | | | Year : 2001 | Volume : 34 | Issue : 2 | Page : 66--69 | Dorso-palmar triangular finger flap-A new advancement flap for cover of finger amputations-A preliminary report
Satyanarayan Mishra
Department of Plastic Surgery, Raja Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu - 608 002, India
Correspondence Address:
Satyanarayan Mishra
Plastic Surgeon B-2, RSA Complex, Annamalai Nagar -608 002, Tamil Nadu
India
A triangular V-Y type advancement flap on the finger has been designed, which advances skin from over the whole circumference of the finger, which includes both palmar and dorsal skin. The flap is sensate too. It is indicated for finger and thumb amputations proximal to the body of the nail. Six flaps were raised with five successes and one partial necrosis. This is a preliminary report on a new flap.
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