title: The "open book" flap: a heterodigital cross-finger skin flap and adipofascial flap for coverage of a circumferential soft tissue defect of a digit.
abstract: A case of circumferential digital skin loss with exposed tendons from the proximal phalanx to the distal interphalangeal joint is presented. This was treated with a two-layer heterodigital cross-finger ("open book") flap from the adjacent digit, utilising a skin-only cross-finger flap to cover the palmar defect and an adipofascial flap to cover the dorsal defect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, Liverpool, UK. tadiparthi@hotmail.co.uk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tadiparthi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akali
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Felberg
mesh_terms: D003646:Debridement; D004954:Esthetics; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology