Main description:

This richly illustrated book provides a comprehensive review of the different surgical modalities for hand soft tissue reconstruction. The indications for and relative merits of various techniques are described in detail, emphasizing the role of loco-regional flaps to avoid the need for advanced microsurgical skills needed for other advanced techniques. Numerous illustrations and case descriptions of the common scenarios provide a rich pictorial database of soft tissue coverage options. This illustrative book will be of value in daily practice for plastic and reconstructive surgeons, residents, and medical students.

Contents:

Part 1 RANDOM FLAPS 1 Z-plasty flap and its variants 2 Four-flap Z-plasty 3 Limberg (rhomboid) flap 4 Rotational flap 5 Bilobed flap 6 Y to V flap 7 V to M flap 8 Simple transposition flap Part 2 FINGERTIP FLAPS - V-Y advancement flaps 9 Atasoy flap 10 Bilateral V-Y (Kutler) flap 11 oblique triangular (Venkataswami) flap 12 segmuller flap Part 3 FINGER-RELATED FLAPS 13 Standard cross-finger (Cronin) flap 14 Reverse cross-finger flap 15 C-ring cross-finger flap (Turkist flap) 16 Dorsal middle phalangeal finger flap (DMFF) 17 Intercomissural flap 18 Homodigital bipedicled island advancement (O'Brien) flap 19 Homodigital quadrangular flap (Heuston flap) 20 Souquet flap 21 Thenar flap 22 Reverse vascular (neurovascular) pedicle digital island flap 23 Quaba flap Part 4 Thumb-related flaps 24 Moberg volar advancement flap 25 Neurovascular island pedicled (Littler) flap 26 Annular flap 27 First dorsal metacarpal artery flap and its variants (Foucher's kite, Helovich's racquet flap, and Bilobed first dorsal metacarpal artery flap) 28 Reverse dorsoradial "Moschella" flap 29 Reverse dorsoulnar or dorsocubital "Brunelli" flap Part 5 Pedicled Flaps - Regional Flaps 30 Adipo-Fascial flaps 31 Finger propeller flaps 32 Dorsal island digital (axial) flap 33 Reverse radial forearm flap 34 Radial artery perforator flap 35 Fillet flap (amputation cases) 36 Posterior interosseus forearm reverse flap 37 Dorsal ulnar artery flap Part 6 Pedicled Flaps - Distant Flaps 38 Thoracoabdominal flap 39 Abdominal flap 40 Groin flap