Finger Flap Surgery

This person was injured, sustained a large wound on the dorsum of the hand with the extensor tendons exposed. The wound was covered with a flap. The flap is called Posterior Interosseous Artery (PIA) flap. Based on a known artery, an appropriately sized skin island is reflected from the forearm to the dorsum of the …

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The wound over the finger did not heal for a very long time and the tendon which extends the finger was also exposed. This was covered with the flap which was hitched from one location to another with an intact blood supply.