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A Tropical Tale of Thumb Reconstruction With an Osteocutaneous Superficial Circumflex Iliac Artery Perforator Flap
Grace E Boyd1, Wiktor T Pilch1, Tanisha A Hayward1
1From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cairns Hospital, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
Abstract:
Traumatic thumb amputations can result in significant functional disability. In some circumstances, replantation may not always be possible. We present a case of osteocutaneous superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator free flap reconstruction of a thumb in a 77-year-old woman who had a traumatic degloving injury through the interphalangeal joint. Given its versatility, we have observed the osteocutaneous superficial circumflex iliac artery perforator flap to provide a robust reconstructive option which should be considered in certain cases of thumb reconstruction.

