title: Two new applications for the first dorsal metacarpal artery pedicle in the treatment of severe hand injuries.
abstract: Two new indications for the use of the first dorsal metacarpal artery (1st DMA) in reconstruction following severe hand injury are reported. In the first case, a primary pollicization of the index finger was based solely on the dorsal arterial network. The second case involves a microvascular arterial revascularisation of a 1st dorsal metacarpal artery island flap. Neither procedure has previously been described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, BG Trauma Hospital, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hornung
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raff
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D005385:Fingers / Q000637:transplantation*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps