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A Homodigital Switch Flap to Restore Sensation to the Ulnar Border of the Thumb Tip

D. ELLIOT
C. M. SOUTHGATE
J. J. STAIANO

From the Hand Surgery Department, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, UK

Correspondence: Mr D. Elliot, MA, FRCS, Hand Surgery Department, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 7ET, UK. Tel.: +44-1621-857-362; fax: +44-1621-841-127; E-mail: info{at}david-elliot.co.uk

Three cases of irrevocable loss of sensation on the ulnar side of the thumb tip are presented in which switch of the radial pulp of the thumb tip to the ulnar side restored sensibility to this critical area, providing a useful functional reconstruction.

Key Words: thumb • tip reconstruction • switch flap

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 28, No. 5, 409-413 (2003)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(03)00174-8
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