title: Reconstruction of the amputated thumbtip with a narrow pedicled cross-finger flap.
abstract: We have achieved favorable results in our reconstruction of fingertips by using a narrow pedicled cross-finger flap, the shape of which resembles that of the so-called flag flap. We applied this technique in several patients with defects of the thumbtip and obtained satisfactory results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yanai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery*