Hand Reconstruction Using Medialis Pedis and Medial Plantar Chimeric Free Flap

Do,  Su Bin; Kim,  Jae Hyun; Chung,  Chul Hoon

doi:2017.22.1.57

Arch Hand Microsurg > Volume 22(1); 2017 > Article

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand 2017;22(1):57-62.
Published online March 31, 2017.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12790/jkssh.2017.22.1.57

Hand Reconstruction Using Medialis Pedis and Medial Plantar Chimeric Free Flap

Su Bin Do, Jae Hyun Kim, Chul Hoon Chung

Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Hallym University Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital, Seoul, Korea. jaykay0219@naver.com

Received: 10 October 2016 • Revised: 26 December 2016 • Accepted: 15 January 2017

Abstract

It is not easy to decide whether covering soft tissue defect occurred in multiple adjacent fingers with a single, large flap and later secondary division of fingers or cover each digits independently in hand reconstruction. The authors reconstructed soft tissue defect of left second and third finger with medial plantar artery based medialis pedis and medial plantar chimeric free flap and it enabled early rehabilitation without secondary surgery to divide each fingers and get satisfactory result.