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Article

Radial forearm flaps for reconstruction in hand surgery

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Pages 112-117 | Accepted 14 Jan 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Thirty‐seven patients were treated using distally‐based island radial forearm flaps. There were 31 men and six women. Reconstructed sites involved the dorsum of the hand (n = 17), the thumb (n = 11), the fingers (n = 5), the first web (n = 3), and the palm (n = 1). Sensory flaps were transferred in 15 cases, osteocutaneous flaps in six, and tendocutaneous flaps in eight. All the flaps survived. There were five donor‐site complications, but no functional disturbances. Three patients had symptoms of cold intolerance. There were no radial fractures. In the six cases with osteocutaneous flaps, a mean of 2.6 months (range 2–3) was needed to obtain bony union. Among the eight cases with tendocutaneous flaps, postoperative tenolysis was required in two cases, and finally seven achieved a satisfactory outcome. The mean moving 2‐point discrimination of the sensory flaps was 13 mm.

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