title: [The radial (Chinese) flap in hand surgery].
abstract: The radial (Chinese) flap is an fascio-cutaneous flap raised on the volar aspect of the forearm based on the radial pedicle axis which can be used either pedicled or by microsurgical free transfer. In hand and thumb reconstruction, it is used as an island flap vascularized by a reverse flow from the ulnar artery via the palmar arch, keeping the pivot point at the snuff box level. The possibility to raise a composite flap with vascularized bone or tendons make the chinese flap very useful in hand reconstruction. Of the 35 cases presented, there were 30 pedicled and 5 free flaps from the opposite forearm. The island flaps were reverse flow in 30 cases and with proximal pedicle in 5. In 4 cases the flap contained flexor carpi radialis longus tendon, and in 2 cases a bone graft from the radius. The five free radial flaps transferred from the contralateral side were used as flow-through flap. There were no vascular complications. The advantages and disadvantages of the methods are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie Gr.T. Popa Iaşi, Facultatea de Medicină, Clinica de Chirurgie Plastică şi Reconstructivă, Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţe Iaşi.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stamate
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Budurcă
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Lazăr
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005542:Forearm / Q000098:blood supply*; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013710:Tendons / Q000637:transplantation; D013933:Thumb / Q000601:surgery