Biomaterial Database

Free vascularized nail grafts. 1988

I Koshima, and S Soeda, and T Takase, and M Yamasaki

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan.

A considerable amount of literature has been written on microneurovascular surgery for the reconstruction of partial defects in fingers, but little has been published on reconstruction to replace lost fingernails. We report on two clinical cases in which a free vascularized nail graft and a "double onychocutaneous flap" were used successfully. We suggest that the free vascularized nail graft is a superior method in reconstruction to treat fingernail loss or deformity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009262	Nails	The thin, horny plates that cover the dorsal surfaces of the distal phalanges of the fingers and toes of primates.	Fingernails,Toenails,Fingernail,Nail,Toenail
D009264	Nails, Malformed	Deformities in nail structure or appearance, including hypertrophy, splitting, clubbing, furrowing, etc. Genetic diseases such as PACHYONYCHIA CONGENITA can result in malformed nails.	Onychauxis,Onychogryposis,Nail Abnormalities,Nails, Abnormal,Pachyonychia,Abnormal Nail,Abnormal Nails,Abnormalities, Nail,Abnormality, Nail,Malformed Nail,Malformed Nails,Nail Abnormality,Nail, Abnormal,Nail, Malformed
D005260	Female		Females
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293	Adolescent	A person 13 to 18 years of age.	Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D014034	Toes	Any one of five terminal digits of the vertebrate FOOT.	Toe