Use of an arterialised venous skin flap in the replantation of an amputated thumb.
We report the replantation of an amputated thumb using a venous skin flap, harvested from the volar surface of the forearm, to make up the soft tissue defect, and to restore the vascular continuity to the thumb.
Nakazawa
Hiroaki
H
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. nakazawa@prs.twmu.ac.jp
Kikuchi
Yuji
Y
Honda
Takashi
T
Isago
Tsukasa
T
Morioka
Kousuke
K
Itoh
Hiroshi
H
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012092:Replantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D013933:Thumb / Q000098:blood supply / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*