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Dorsal Adipofascial Turn-Ovesr Flap for Fingertip Amputations

R. E. ÜNLÜ
A. S. MENGI
U. KOÇER
Ö. SENSÖZ

From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Nummune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Correspondence: R. E. Ünlü MD, Çigdem Mah, 26 Cadde, 9/25 Yildiz apt., Karakusunlar, Ankara, Turkey.

We designed a dorsal adipofascial pedicled flap to cover amputations of the tip of the same digit. This flap includes all the adipofascial tissues from the dermis to the paratenon of the extensor tendons. After elevation of the skin, the adipofascial tissues are raised as a flap and turned over to resurface the exposed bone or joint and then covered with a split thickness skin graft. Ten digital amputations between the distal phalanx proximal to the nail matrix and the mid portion of the middle phalanx were successfully resurfaced with dorsal adipofascial turn-over flaps. All flaps survived completely and the mean follow-up was 11 months. This one-step procedure would seem to be a relatively simple way of achieving early recovery because it does not require the use of distant flaps immobilization of adjacent digits, or homodigital flaps that might jeopardize an already injured finger.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 24, No. 5, 525-530 (1999)
DOI: 10.1054/JHSB.1999.0223
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