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Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Perforator Flaps

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The first dorsal metacarpal artery (FDMA) flap (kite flap) was firstly described by Foucher and Braun [1].

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Changzheng Hospital Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China

    Chunlin Hou & Dajiang Song

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yangpu Hospital Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

    Shimin Chang

  3. Department of Microsurgery, Xinhu Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

    Jian Lin

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Hou, C., Chang, S., Lin, J., Song, D. (2015). Dorsal Metacarpal Artery Perforator Flaps. In: Surgical Atlas of Perforator Flaps. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9834-1_14

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