Lin C H, Wei F C
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Microsurgery. 1995;16(8):586. doi: 10.1002/micr.1920160815.
A 66-year-old patient sustained a severe right hand injury resulting in a thumb pulp defect and unreplantable amputation of the index, long, and ring fingers at the metacarpophalangeal joint with joint exposure. There was also an 8 cm defect of the radial digital nerve of the little finger. Immediate one-stage total reconstruction of all of the defects was accomplished by a free groin flap and a free glabrous skin flap from the foot. Opposable function of the hand was thus preserved.