Thumb Reconstruction with First Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Flap: Salvage of the Flap after Venous Anastomosis to the Radial Artery

J Hand Microsurg 2022; 14(03): 260-261
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714920

Letter to the Editor

Ziyad Alharbi

¹Division of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Department of Specialized Surgery, King Abdullah Medical City, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

²Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

,

Khalid Khatib

³Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery - Burn Center, Faculty of Medicine, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

,

Hans-Oliver Rennekampff

⁴Department of Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery and Burn Surgery, Rhein-Maas Klinikum, Würselen, Germany

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