A compound radial artery forearm flap in hand surgery: an original modification of the Chinese forearm flap.
The Chinese forearm flap based on the radial artery is extremely versatile. It can be used as an island-skin flap, a free flap or as a compound forearm flap including vascularised nerve, bone or tendons. This paper describes and discusses some of these applications and is based on a series of 17 patients who presented with problems of reconstruction in the hand.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery