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The anatomic and clinical basis for a reliable and versatile axial pattern transposition
flap for reconstruction of complex distal finger injuries is presented. This is a
one-step procedure utilizing the nondominant side digital skin with possible preservation
of the nerve to the fingertip. This flap obviates the necessity for a distant donor
site and provides nonbulky good quality tissue. In eight patients requiring nine flaps,
it has proved valuable in the salvage of severely injured digits. These injuries probably
would have required distant flap reconstruction or flaps that might have jeopardized
adjacent digits.
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Publication history
Accepted:
November 13,
1987
Received:
August 4,
1987
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*No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
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© 1988 American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
