Use of the microvascular finger fillet flap.
This paper reports the authors' experience with the use of microvascular flaps, elevated from severely injured fingers to cover soft-tissue defects of other digits. Two clinical cases are presented and pertinent literature is reviewed.
Libermanis
O
O
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 7th Clinical Hospital of Riga, Latvia.
Krauklis
G
G
Kapickis
M
M
Krustiņs
J
J
Tihonovs
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology