[The "star": a design principle of antebrachial radial fasciocutaneous flap. Technical note]

In performing a fasciocutaneous radial forearm flap to cover the dorsum of the hand, the authors suggest to draw the flap as an eight-tip star. This technical tip allows to minimize the centripetal skin healing process at the recipient site (currently observed in case of circular or ovoid defect) and to reduce the scared aspect at the donor site, by first closing of the four cardinal tips.