This paper reports the authors' experience with the use of microvascular flaps, elevated from severely injured fingers to cover soft-tissue defects of other digits. Two clinical cases are presented and pertinent literature is reviewed.

This paper reports the authors' experience with the use of distally-based forearm flaps as flow-through flaps for revascularization of distal parts of the hand, by simultaneous coverage of traumatic soft-tissue defects. Two clinical cases are presented and the pertinent literature is reviewed.