Secondary Management of Nonnail Perionychial Deformities: Restoring Aesthetic and Functional Subunits.

Hand Clin · Feb 2021 · Review

Lekic N, Scheker L, Netscher D

Baylor College of Medicine; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10065

Hand & Upper Extremity

SUMMARY — THE REDUCTIONReview of delayed fingertip and thumb-tip reconstruction advising replacement of like tissue to restore perionychial aesthetic and functional units, favoring the best-suited option (including free and island flaps) over a stepwise reconstructive ladder.
Abstract, as published

Delayed finger and thumb tip reconstruction should try to optimally reconstruct perioncyhial aesthetic and functional units by replacing tissue as closely resembling the original loss as possible. Avoid thinking in terms of a "reconstructive ladder" but rather going directly to the reconstructive choice that seems most suited to the task. Some reconstructive choices may seem more attractive because of their simplicity, but may not necessarily give the best functional and aesthetic result. Free flaps and the newer advancements with vascular island flaps give many more and versatile reconstructive options.

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