[Research progress on repairing hand injury with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap].
OBJECTIVE
To review the methods and progress on repairing hand injury with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap.


METHODS
Recent literature on repairing hand injury with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap was reviewed and analyzed.


RESULTS
Island fascial flap was designed on the radial or ulnar side of the dorsum of the hand based on the anatomical study of the dorsum of the hand, and the choice of pedicle depended upon the position of wound.


CONCLUSIONS
Repairing hand injury with dorsal neurocutaneous vascular flap is easy to perform and in line with the principle of repairing wounds in proximity. It is one of the effective methods of repairing wounds of the hand.
Huang
Yixiong
Y
Department of Plastic Surgery, the First People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200080, P.R. China. huangyx0904@sina.com
Zhang
Shimin
S
D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000294:innervation*