title: Abductor digiti minimi musculocutaneous island flap as an opposition transfer: a case report.
abstract: We described the use of an abductor digiti minimi musculocutaneous (ADM) island flap as an opposition transfer. This procedure is easy and safe, and provides more of a bulge in the thenar area than the Huber transfer. This procedure can be used in the treatment of Blauth grade 2 and 3A hypoplastic thumb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sunagawa
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ochi
mesh_terms: D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019637:Orthopedic Procedures; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities*