Hypothenar island flap: A safe and excellent choice for little finger defects

Soft-tissue defects of the little finger are challenging especially when bone, tendon or vascular pedicle is exposed because of trauma. The hypothenar island flap is easy to harvest and has a good colour and texture match to the little finger pulp. We present nine clinical cases of soft tissue defec...

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Main Authors: Mehmet Tapan, Murat Iğde, Ali Rıza Yıldırım, Yağmur Yaprak Balı, Sedat Yılancı, Ramazan Erkin Ünlü
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2015-09-01
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0970-0358.173127