Fan Songming.
  • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Guangzhou. 510220.;
Island skin flap; Arteria pollicis dorsalis; Finger-tp defect of thumb.
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Since 1992, the retrograde island skin flap with its pedicle containing the arteria pollicis dorsalis was used to repair 6 cases of the fingertip defects and the results were successful. The skin measured from 1.5cm x 2cm to 4cm x 3.5cm. From the followup, the external appearance of the thumbs looked nice, no limitation of joint motions was noticed and the pain sensation was recovered. The major improvement of this operation was that the donor skin was chosen from the dorsum of the first and second metacarpal bones, thus it was not necessary to divide the tendon of the extensor pollicis brevis, so that the operative procedure was simple and the postoperative functional recovery was rapid.

Citation： Fan Songming.. IMPROVEMENT AND APPLICATION OF RETROGRADE ISLAND SKIN FLAP WITH AR TERIA POLLICIS DORSALIS IN ITS PEDICLE. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995, 9(1): 24-25. doi: Copy