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Resurfacing Relatively Large Skin Defects of the Hand Using Arterialized Venous Flaps

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Centre, Taegu, Republic of Korea

Correspondence: Sang-Hyun Woo, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Yeungnam University Medical Centre, 317-1 Daemyung-Dong, Nam-Gu, Taegu, zip 705-035, Republic of Korea.

Skin flaps nourished by arterial blood entering through the venous network were applied in 12 cases of relatively large skin defects of the hand. The flaps showed remarkable oedema and multiple bullae on their surface from the second to the 14th postoperative day, but partial necrosis of the flap only developed in three cases. The free arterialized venous flap is a useful procedure for resurfacing relatively large skin defects of the hand.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 21, No. 2, 222-229 (1996)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(96)80103-3


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