title: Thenar "H-flap" for fingertip injuries.
abstract: Many severe fingertip injuries may be successfully treated by a thenar H-flap (Fig. 3). It is recommended to cover protruding bone in younger patients. The flap must be detached in 10 to 14 days. The use of the H-flap design permits all wounds to be closed between the first and second stages of surgery and leaves a painless, esthetic donor site.
mesh_terms: D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous