Median Nerve Repair/Graft
10.1055/b-0034-78098 Median Nerve Repair/GraftWilliam C. Pederson All nerve repairs in the upper extremity are performed for the purposes of restoring motor and sensory function to the arm and hand. Hand…
The Use of Nerve Conduits in the Upper Extremity
10.1055/b-0034-78101 The Use of Nerve Conduits in the Upper ExtremityDavid J. Slutsky The nerve conduit provides a regenerating axon with a means for passage to the distal nerve stump while…
Dual Innervated Cross-Finger Flaps
10.1055/b-0034-78088 Dual Innervated Cross-Finger FlapsHill Hastings II The “conventional” cross-finger flap has been used since it was described by Gurdin and Pangman in 19501 for resurfacing of traumatic loss of…
Sensory Nerve Transfers in the Hand
10.1055/b-0034-78093 Sensory Nerve Transfers in the HandKirsty Usher Boyd and Susan E. Mackinnon Following devastating nerve injuries to the upper extremity, patients are often left with insensate areas of the…
Innervated First Web Space Flap
10.1055/b-0034-78092 Innervated First Web Space FlapArthur Turko and Jonathan M. Winograd The first web space flap from the foot was first used by May in 19761 for durable, pliable, and…
Ring or Middle Finger Neurovascular Island Flaps for Thumb Reconstruction
10.1055/b-0034-78095 Ring or Middle Finger Neurovascular Island Flaps for Thumb ReconstructionThomas E. Trumble, Ghazi Rayan, and Thanapong Waitayawinyu The neurovascular island flap is an axial-pattern, regional flap that is transferred…
Pedicled Radial Forearm Flap
10.1055/b-0034-78091 Pedicled Radial Forearm FlapDavid J. Slutsky The radial forearm flap is a useful and versatile fasciocutaneous flap designed on the radial artery. It was initially developed as a free…
First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Flap
10.1055/b-0034-78094 First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery FlapDavid J. Slutsky This is a fasciocutaneous flap first described by Holevich in 1963.1 It was modified and used as a neurosensory island flap by…
Reverse Digital Artery Flap
10.1055/b-0034-78090 Reverse Digital Artery FlapDavid J. Slutsky The reverse digital artery (RDA) flap described in 1986 by Kojima et al1 is used for one-stage reconstruction of finger pulp defects. Lai…
Reverse Homodigital Dorsal Thumb Flaps
10.1055/b-0034-78089 Reverse Homodigital Dorsal Thumb FlapsDavid J. Slutsky The arterial supply of the thumb is quite different from that of the fingers. The direct or reverse-flow volar island flaps that…
