An Innovative Technique of Reconstructing Combined Extensor Tendon Zone (z5 and z4) Defect, Utilizing an Adjacent Proximal (z6) Tendon, as a Distally Based Tendon Flip Flap, in the Index Finger

Delayed reconstruction of segmental extensor tendon defects of the hand has been described with auto-tendon grafting or by using local flaps harvested from the native tendon. These reconstructive techniques have been described in certain extensor tendon zones, mainly in zones 2, 4, and 5 of the hand...

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Main Authors: Narendra S. Mashalkar, Pooja Thoppal Shiva, Joseph Kattady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
Series:Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1802316
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