The preservation of close two-point discrimination in the interdigital transfer of neurovascular island flaps.
Some possible reasons for the reported failures of digital neurovascular island flaps to provide normal (or near normal) tactile sensibility are discussed. Some technical variations which may improve the results are proposed. An illustrative case is reported in which there was transfer of intact two-point discrimination.
D000328:Adult; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D012879:Skin Physiological Phenomena; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013236:Stereognosis / Q000502:physiology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous