Intrinsic flaps in the hand.
Advances in anatomical research have created the base for a vast variety of flaps that can be raised in the hand. They are either based on the palmar arterial system or on the dorsal vascular system, which is fed by either perforating vessels from the palmar side or the dorsal arterial system nourished by dorsal carpal arterial network. The majority of small to moderate size defects in the hand can be reconstructed with these types of flaps.
ETHIANUM - Clinic for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic and Preventive Medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital, Vosstrasse, Heidelberg 69115, Germany. guenter.germann@urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Günter
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Germann
Nina
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Biedermann
Scott L
SL
Levin
D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D006226:Hand Deformities / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome