Functional and aesthetic reconstruction of a dorsal digital skin defect with a sensory neurotized DMCA III flap

Martin Aman; Arne Boecker; Ulrich Kneser; Leila Harhaus

doi:10.1080/23320885.2021.1942879

Functional and aesthetic reconstruction of a dorsal digital skin defect with a sensory neurotized DMCA III flap

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2021 Jul 6;8(1):102-104. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2021.1942879. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Martin Aman¹, Arne Boecker¹, Ulrich Kneser¹, Leila Harhaus¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hand-, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Center, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Hand- and Plastic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Abstract

The dorsal metacarpal artery (DMCA) flap is an elegant way to reconstruct tissue defects. We present a 25-year-old female patient with a dorsal injury on the fourth digit, which was reconstructed with a third webspace DMCA flap which was neurorrhaphied with a branch of the ulnar nerve, to regain sensation.

Keywords: DMCA flap; dorsal finger defect; nerve; neurorrhaphy; reconstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports