Practicals · Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery · Hand and upper extremity
Cross-finger and local flaps for fingertip injuries
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- PI - perform independently (NMC); perform independently (DrNB operative skills)
- Also called
- cross finger flap, fingertip flaps
Videos and resources
- VideoHow to do a Cross Finger Flap for hand reconstruction: And all else about it!25:48
- VideoMODIFICATIONS OF THE CROSS FINGER FLAP: IN DESIGN, IN TECHNIQUE AND IN THE DONOR FINGER21:30
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Where the curriculum asks for it
“Demonstrate the various local and cross finger flaps used in the management of Fingertip injuries” ( NMC DM/MCh guidelines, page 9)
“Fingertip defect coverage with flaps, various reconstruction techniques for thumb.” ( NBEMS DrNB curriculum, page 20)