Wang S, Cheng Y, Liu W
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Weifang People's Hospital, Shandong.
Zhonghua Zheng Xing Shao Shang Wai Ke Za Zhi. 1994 Jan;10(1):46-8.
We carried out anatomical research of the second metacarpal dorsal artery on 30 cadaver specimens. We find that the second metacarpal dorsal artery is a branch of the radial artery, and it is a nutrient artery for an axial or retrograde skin flap, similar to the first metacarpal dorsal artery island flap. This island flap is used in 7 patients, and all flaps survived well.