Enhancement of tendon graft osteointegration with MSCs is a novel method offering the potential for more physiologic and biomechanically stronger ligament reconstructions.
We investigated the maximal advancement of the homodigital neurovascular island flap with the digit in full extension and its correlation to the digital length. In 32 adult cadaveric digits, flaps measuring 1 × 1 cm were sequentially elevated to different dissection points. Dissection of the flap to the proximal interphalangeal joint crease, palmo-digital crease, division of adjacent digital artery and the superficial arch resulted in flap advancement of 8, 12, 15 and 18 mm, respectively. The degree of advancement correlated to the length of the finger and was approximately 19% of the finger length. We conclude that dissection of a homodigital antegrade neurovascular island flap to the proximal interphalangeal joint, palmo-digital crease, after ligation of adjacent digital artery and the superficial arch allows progressively more advancement. The advancement obtained by flap dissection to the palmo-digital crease was about 19% of the finger length.
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