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First web space reconstruction by a free flap from the contralateral paralysed hand
Author(s) -
Adani Roberto,
Castagnini Luca,
Balsam Mustapha,
Caroli Alessandro
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
microsurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.031
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1098-2752
pISSN - 0738-1085
DOI - 10.1002/micr.1920161210
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , dorsum , microsurgery , reconstructive surgeon , ablative case , anatomy , radiation therapy
In modern reconstructive surgery any composite tissue removed during an elective ablative operation may serve as a vascularised free‐tissue transfer for a possible distant reconstruction. The use of this technique does not create a donor deficit and may help in the reconstruction process. We report a case in which the dorsum of a paralysed and insensate right hand has been used as a free tissue transfer for the reconstruction of the first web space of the left hand. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.