Two new applications for the first dorsal metacarpal artery pedicle in the treatment of severe hand injuries.
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.
Germann
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Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, BG Trauma Hospital, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Hornung
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R
Raff
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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