Homodigital neurovascular island flaps in hand surgery. A study of sixty cases.
The homodigital island flap is a useful technique in problem cases such as distal amputation of the pulp, atrophic or insensative pulp on the index finger or thumb and painful neuromas. In a series of 60 operations preformed by one surgeon with the SOS Main in Strasbourg, we describe the indications for, and results of, several different techniques: unipedical flaps either advanced or "exchanged" and bipedical flaps either advanced or retreated.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000672:Amputation Stumps; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009463:Neuroma / Q000601:surgery*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012677:Sensation; D013524:Surgical Flaps