[Emergency repair of finger soft tissue loss with island flaps].
OBJECTIVE
To introduce the applications of a series of digital island flaps to the repair of finger and/or fingertip defects and explore the indications.


METHODS
A total of 79 cases (82 digits) were treated with different flaps, including (1) the digital neurovascular pedicled V-Y advancement flap; (2) the reversed dorsoulnar arterial flap of the thumb; (3) the reversed digital arterial dorsal branch flap; (4) the modified Moberg flap; (5) the reversed digital arterial flap; (6) the Hueston flap; (7) the homodigital adipofascial turnover flap and the twin neurovascular island flaps.


RESULTS
Satisfactory results were obtained in digital appearance and function.


CONCLUSIONS
These hoinodigital island flaps were particularly helpful for repair of finger and/or fingertip defects.
Hu
Hong-tai
HT
Department of Plasticand Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai the Ninth People' s Hospital, Shanghai 200011, China.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000145:classification; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult