[Repair of defects at the end of fingers with island flaps pedicled with digital artery].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the therapeutic effect of island flaps pedicled with digital artery for the defects at the end of fingers.


METHODS
63 cases with 72 soft tissue defects at the end of fingers were treated with the island flaps. The flap size ranged from 8 mm x 11 mm to 21 mm x 27 mm.


RESULTS
All the flaps survived completely. The follow-up period ranged from 4 to 19 months. The functional and cosmetic results were satisfactory. The two-point discrimination was 7 to approximately 9 mm. The TAM functional examination showed excellent in 59 fingers, good in 11 fingers and common in 2 fingers.


CONCLUSIONS
The technique with island flap is simple and reliable for the defects at the end of fingers.
Zhang
Wen-Long
WL
Department of Hand Surgery, the Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan 063000, China.
Gao
Shun-Hong
SH
Chen
Chao
C
Jiao
Cheng
C
Fei
Xiao-Xuan
XX
Dong
Hui-Shuang
HS
Sun
Lai-Qing
LQ
Wang
Liang
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005385:Fingers / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D055815:Young Adult