[Repairing finger's penetrating soft tissue defects with "dumbbell" fascial metacarpal flap pedicled with skin perforator of dorsal metacarpal artery].
OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of "dumbbell" fascial metacarpal flap pedicled with skin perforator of dorsal metacarpal artery in treating the finger's penetrating soft tissue defect.


METHODS
From February 2006 to August 2009, according to the courses, branches and distributions of the dorsal metacarpal artery, a "dumbbell" fascial metacarpal flap was designed and transposed to cover the penetrating soft tissue defects in 9 fingers.


RESULTS
All of 9 flaps survived and got primary healing. The shape and function of the fingers were satisfied after 1-18 months period of follow-up.


CONCLUSIONS
The "dumbbell" fascial metacarpal flap pedicled with skin perforator of dorsal metacarpal artery is an ideal donor site for repairing the finger's penetrating soft tissue defect.
Lin
Jian
J
The Boai Hospital, the Municipal Hand and Microsurgery Research Institute of Taizhou, Taizhou 318050, China.
Zheng
He-Ping
HP
Yu
Yun-Lan
YL
Wang
Zheng-Li
ZL
Wu
Chun
C
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult