Kimura Kazumasa, Sano Kazufumi, Hashimoto Tomohisa, Ozeki Satoru
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, 2-1-50 Minami-Koshigaya, Koshigaya, Saitama 343-8555 Japan.
Hand (N Y). 2011 Mar;6(1):98-101. doi: 10.1007/s11552-010-9299-z. Epub 2010 Oct 17.
This study describes pseudoarthrosis of the proximal phalanx of the little finger and its successful treatment using a free vascularized genicular osseous-periosteal flap. Since this thin and pliable flap can be harvested as a small vascularized unit, it is ideal for the treatment of phalangeal pseudoarthrosis.