Hand and Upper Extremity

Fascial Flap Reconstruction of the Hand: A Single Surgeon’s 30-Year Experience

Carty MJ, Taghinia A, Upton J (Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hosp, Boston, MA; Harvard Med School, Boston, MA) Plast Reconstr Surg 125:953-962, 2010^§

D.J. Smith, Jr., MD

Evidence Ranking

• C

Expert Rating

• 2

Abstract

Background

The reconstruction of complex hand wounds is challenging due to the requirements for thin and pliable coverage with a reliable vascular supply, potential for sensibility, and provision of a gliding surface. Fascial flaps represent an excellent option for the reconstruction of these complicated defects.