TY - JOUR
T1 - New workhorse flaps in hand reconstruction
AU - Friedrich, Jeffrey B.
AU - Pederson, William C.
AU - Bishop, Allen T.
AU - Galaviz, Paula
AU - Chang, James
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - With the passage of time, certain hand surgery procedures are anecdotally dubbed "workhorse" techniques. These are procedures that are extremely reliable and have repeatedly demonstrated good results. However, with time, paradigms undergo shifts, and this is as true for hand surgery as any other field. In this article, we will describe the use of three new "workhorse" flaps that we have found to have reliable results in complex hand reconstruction: the pedicled radial forearm fascia flap for dorsal hand reconstruction, the free anterolateral thigh flap for mangled hand reconstruction, and the medial femoral condyle vascularized bone graft for scaphoid fracture nonunion reconstruction.
AB - With the passage of time, certain hand surgery procedures are anecdotally dubbed "workhorse" techniques. These are procedures that are extremely reliable and have repeatedly demonstrated good results. However, with time, paradigms undergo shifts, and this is as true for hand surgery as any other field. In this article, we will describe the use of three new "workhorse" flaps that we have found to have reliable results in complex hand reconstruction: the pedicled radial forearm fascia flap for dorsal hand reconstruction, the free anterolateral thigh flap for mangled hand reconstruction, and the medial femoral condyle vascularized bone graft for scaphoid fracture nonunion reconstruction.
KW - Anterolateral thigh
KW - Femoral condyle
KW - Flap
KW - Radial forearm
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U2 - 10.1007/s11552-011-9385-x
DO - 10.1007/s11552-011-9385-x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23449685
AN - SCOPUS:84857238057
SN - 1558-9447
VL - 7
SP - 45
EP - 54
JO - Hand
JF - Hand
IS - 1
ER -