[Forum: reconstruction of the traumatic thumb. Reconstruction of the thumb by osteocutaneous flaps of the forearm].

The authors present different techniques of thumb reconstruction using osteocutaneous retrograde island forearm flaps. They describe an original thumb reconstruction technique by using the anterior interosseous osteocutaneous retrograde island flap and present two clinical cases. The advantages and disadvantages as well as the indications of this kind of thumb reconstruction procedure are discussed.