The reconstruction for proximal nail fold mucous cyst using reverse and island flap

Masayuki Okochi; Masami Saito; Hiromi Okochi; Yasushi Mochizuki; Kazuki Ueda

doi:10.1080/23320885.2017.1331136

The reconstruction for proximal nail fold mucous cyst using reverse and island flap

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2017 May 24;4(1):52-55. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2017.1331136. eCollection 2017.

Authors

Masayuki Okochi¹, Masami Saito¹, Hiromi Okochi¹, Yasushi Mochizuki¹, Kazuki Ueda¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fukushima Medical UniversityFukushimaJapan.

Abstract

We performed nail fold reconstruction after digital mucous cyst (DMC) excision using an island-type lateral finger flap on seven patients (four males and three females). Our procedure is a simple and useful method to repair minor nail fold lesion defects after DMC excision.

Keywords: Digital mucous cyst; digital artery; fingertip; reconstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports