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Distally-based forearm flow-through flaps for emergency finger revascularization
O Libermanis1, G Krauklis, M Kapickis
1Center for Plastic, Hand and Microsurgery of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|December 12, 2001
Abstract:
This paper reports the authors' experience with the use of distally-based forearm flaps as flow-through flaps for revascularization of distal parts of the hand, by simultaneous coverage of traumatic soft-tissue defects. Two clinical cases are presented and the pertinent literature is reviewed.