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digital artery perforator flap for finger tip stump coverage

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pre op wound digital artery flap raised flap insetted checking bleeding before closure viable flap after two days after two days                                        suture removed after two weeks                                         Finger tip amputation are common emergency faced by plastic surgeons. Replantation is ideal but often not feasible. Cross finger flap and Thenar flap is usually  done to cover the stump.But these procedure are two stage with considerable morbidity. Digital artery perforator flap are single stage procedure with little or no morbidity. It is fast easy and has excellent results. Dr Adhishwar Sharma MBBS, MS General surgery PGIMER Chandigarh Mch Plastic Surgery Fellowship i...