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The second dorsal metacarpal artery neurovascular island flap
1Northern Ireland Plastic and Maxillofacial Unit, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Belfast.
British Journal of Plastic Surgery
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The clinical applications of the second dorsal metacarpal artery island flap are illustrated by selective case reports from a series of 12 consecutive cases carried out in this Unit. In five cases the flap was transferred as a neurovascular island flap for sensory resurfacing of the thumb. There were no failures and no donor site complications. The anatomy and clinical dissection of the flap are described.