title: Dorsolateral toe flap as a neurovascular graft carrier in finger reconstruction.
abstract: Simultaneous finger nerve and artery grafting, and soft-tissue coverage with a dorsolateral toe flap, including a plantar digital neurovascular bundle, were performed in a single patient. Although only fair sensory recovery was achieved, due to complicated wound healing, the toe flap as a neurovascular graft carrier can be a treatment of choice for reconstructing complex finger palmar defects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Vilnius University Red Cross Hospital, Lithuania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Macionis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000294:innervation; D014034:Toes