title: Clinical applications of venous flaps in the reconstruction of hands and fingers.
abstract: In recent years, the venous flap has been highly regarded in microsurgical and reconstructive surgeries, especially in the reconstruction of hand and digit injuries. It is easily designed and harvested with good quality. It is thin and pliable, without the need of sacrificing a major artery at the donor site, and has no limitation on the donor site. It can be transferred not only as a pure skin flap, but also as a composite flap including tendons and nerves as well as vein grafts. All these advantages make it an optimal candidate for hand and digit reconstruction when conventional flaps are limited or unavailable. In this article, we review its classifications and the selection of donor sites, update its clinical applications, and summarize its indications for all types of venous flaps in hand and digit reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
authors.forename: Hede
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ovunc
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Akdemir
authors.forename: Somjade
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Songcharoen
authors.forename: Nicholas I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angel
authors.forename: Darrell
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brook
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000145:classification