@article{article_189753, title={The use of reverse radial forearm flap in the treatment of tissue defects of hand and wrist}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={27}, pages={96–99}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v27i2.1402}, author={Cetinkale, Oguz and Durmaz, Hayati and Cizmeci, Orhan and Erer, Metin}, keywords={hand;radial forearm flap;tissue defect}, abstract={Distally and radial artery based reversed forearm flaps were used to repair tissue defects of the hand and wrist. The tissue defects of the hands of four emergency patients, two patients with chronic hand sores, one patient with a burn contracture and one patient with benign tumor were treated by this flap The easy surgical access thin skin paddle, a long vascular pedicle and good color-matchland the especially succesful result on the dorsal defects of the hand are important reasons for using this flap as a choice of treatment Though it leaves a noticeable and non-esthetic donor area scac it is still one of the choices among rne other availabie local flaps in the treatment of soft tissue delects of the hand.}, number={2}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}