title: Coverage of a thumb wound and correction of a first web space contracture using a longitudinally split reverse radial forearm flap.
abstract: The authors describe a new design for a reverse-flow radial forearm flap. A total thumb amputation by severe avulsion was salvaged by microsurgical replantation and a reverse-flow radial forearm flap with a modified design to allow repair of two separate hand defects concomitantly. This newly described flap design for the reverse radial forearm flap offers a refined technique for simultaneous reconstruction of multiple defects in the hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hacettepe University Medical School, Anakara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akyürek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Safak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keçik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D003286:Contracture / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000502:physiology; D011884:Radius; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012092:Replantation; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology*; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*