title: A model for training in elevation of local skin flaps in the hand.
abstract: Appropriate skin flap design is crucial for success in surgery of the hand. Practice models are useful in acquiring surgical experience. The author describes a three-dimensional model composed of readily available materials which has been useful for practice in elevation of local skin flaps in the hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston.
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Skoff
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000193:education*; D013524:Surgical Flaps