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RESTORATION OF GRASP AND PINCH IN A BURNT HAND BY POLLICIZATION OF AN ISLAND FLAP TAKEN FROM THE SAME FINGER
Author(s) -
Mehrotra O. N.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb06632.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neurovascular bundle , index finger , surgery , index (typography) , anatomy , world wide web , computer science
A unique opportunity to reconstruct a deformed hand by designing two neurovascular island flaps from a damaged index finger has been presented. One flap, a composite carrying the index tip, was used basically as in pollicization, while the second flap was used to reconstruct the web space. An excellent functional result was achieved.