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The Theory of the Transposition Flap and Its Practical Application in the Hand

1981; Elsevier BV; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0094-1298(20)30478-8

1558-0504

Graham Lister,

Congenital limb and hand anomalies

Planning the design of local transposition flaps involves careful attention to skin availability, pivot point, selection of the flap, lengthening of the critical line to make the flap wider or longer, and avoidance of undue tension. A procedure for raising and transposing the flap once the design is complete is outlined; six options are open to surgeons when no reasonable amount of traction will carry the flap over the defect.