[McGregor's flap: a salvage technique: about a case, clinical features and outcome]

Inguinal flap is a distant axial pediculated flap. This flap is reliable in covering large losses of substance of the upper limb. Its major drawback is that it requires two-step surgery. Inguinal flap is the elective method in the arsenal of emergency left hand surgery or in common left hand surgery. This is due to its greasy thickness and its short small pedicle, with frequent anatomical variations. The purpose of this study was to show its role imbalance out its advantages and its disadvantages. We report the case of a 33-year female patient presenting with severe deformation with closure of the anterior commissure and first metacarpophalangeal joint ankylosis after complex open trauma of the hand. The patient underwent two-step surgery with opening the first commissure and trapezio-M1 arthrodesis stabilized by plug insertion followed by immediate skin coverage by McGregor's inguinal flap and after 21days by weaning and donor site suture. Anatomical and functional outcome was good. The patient was satisfied with the scar at the donor site, which could be easily covered with clothing, by the functionality and aesthetics of the hand. McGregor's flap is an attractive solution for coverage with significant advantages from a functional and aesthetic point of view. Its role should be enhanced in the therapeutic armamentarium of flaps for limb coverage.