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The use of the extensor indicis proprius as a vascularised tendon graft. A preliminary report
1Department of Plastic Surgery, Algemeen Ziekenhuis St. Jan, Bruges, Belgium.
Journal of Hand Surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland)
|May 1, 1991
Abstract:
The use of the extensor indicis proprius tendon as a vascularised tendon graft is described. It is supplied by the second dorsal metacarpal artery in a distally-based manner. We report two cases in which we used this tendon for flexor tendon reconstruction.