Radial antibrachial islet flap based on distal perforating arteries. A clinical case

The frequency of the hand trauma involving tissue losses generated the research for developing new technical solutions more simple and economic. The regional flaps, such as the distal pedicle Chinese flap, are usually surgeon's first choice whenever the local resources are over passed. Still, this type of Chinese flap would claim a major disadvantage as they involve the sacrifice of a vascular axis of the hand, sometimes even the dominant one. The operating team, would be able to avoid this inconvenience when using distal perforators based-on antibrachial radial flap; moreover, this technique would allow the covering of the substance losses, as far as the metacarpophalangeal joints. The authors report a clinical case.