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Transfer of Vascularized Extensor Tendons from the Foot to the Hand with a Dorsalis Pedis Flap

1985; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 76; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00006534-198509000-00015

1529-4242

Ramón Vila-Rovira, Bartolomé Ferreira, Alberto Guinot,

Tendon Structure and Treatment

The use of the dorsalis pedis flap with vascularized extensor tendons was presented. An anatomic study has been carried out that has shown that the vascularization of the foot extensor tendons can be exclusively dependent on the blood contribution coming from the dorsalis pedis artery. In two cases that are presented and followed up for over a year after the surgery, the functional results obtained are good in the hand and aesthetically acceptable in the foot.