title: [Repair of defects at the end of fingers with island flaps pedicled with digital artery].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, the Second Hospital of Tangshan, Tangshan 063000, China.
authors.forename: Wen-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shun-Hong
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Chao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Cheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Xiao-Xuan
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Fei
authors.forename: Hui-Shuang
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Lai-Qing
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: 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