@article{article_189913, title={Dorsal metacarpal artery flaps}, journal={Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica}, volume={29}, pages={46–50}, year={2006}, DOI={10.3944/aott.v29i1.1549}, author={Bora, Arslan and Ozerkan, Fuat and Kaplan, İbrahim and Ada, Sait and Ademoglu, Yalcin}, keywords={hand;local flap;dorsal metacarpal artery}, abstract={We present dorsal metacarpal artery flaps applied to 10 cases with the aim of reconstruction of the skin defects at the dorsum of the fingers and hand and whole thumb. The main aim was to obtain the skin coverage. Average age of our patients was 25,7, and the average follow up period was 25.7 months (2 years and 2 months). 6 out of 10 were island flaps. 3 axial flaps and one was reverse flow (distally based) flap. Seven were to cover the defects on thumb, cne was dorsum of the index finger, one was dorsum of the 3rd MP joint and the last one was dorsum of the wrist. Four cases were performed on emergency condition and six were as secondary procedure. Nine flaps proviced by 1st dorsal metacarpal artery. Four were performed with the sensory component. Average surface of the flaps were 14.1 cm2 and there were no flap necrosis. Authors speculate that within the limit of the flep surface, defects on the thumb palmary and dorsally as well as dorsally on fingers, hand and wrist, can be covered by the dorsal metacarpal artery fleps.}, number={1}, publisher={Turkish Association of Orthopaedics and Traumatology}