The adipofascial turn-over flap for complicated dorsal skin defects of the hand and finger.
Six cases of complicated dorsal skin defects of hands and two in fingers were successfully resurfaced with local adipofascial turn-over flaps. Flaps with a base-to-length ratio of 1:1.0 to 1:1.5 survived completely. The width of the attached base was 1.0 to 1.5 cm in hands and 0.5 cm in fingers.
Lai
C S
CS
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Lin
S D
SD
Yang
C C
CC
Chou
C K
CK
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006085:Graft Survival; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*