title: [Covering defects of the basal finger area by pedicled flaps anastomosed to the doral metacarpal arteries].
abstract: Between 1993 and 1998, 12 distally based dorsal metacarpal artery flaps were used to cover defects of the fingers and palm. All flaps were raised from the dorsum of the hand. Eleven flaps allowed direct closure of the donor site area; one case required a full-thickness skin graft. Nine flaps healed uneventfully. Distal marginal flap necrosis occurred in three cases. All of these were used to cover defects at the distal part of the middle phalanx.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Handchirurgie, Plastische und Mikrochirurgie, Zentrum für Schwerbrandverletzte, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Unfallkrankenhaus Hamburg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Preisser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marx
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klinzing
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Partecke
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000098:blood supply*; D008875:Middle Aged; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013536:Suture Techniques