%0 Journal Article
%T Reconstruction of a metacarpal head defect due to bite injury: two case reports
%A Akito Nakanishi
%A Kenji Kawamura
%A Shohei Omokawa
%A Takamasa Shimizu
%A Yasuhito Tanaka
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery".
%D 2018
%R 10.1080/23320885.2018.1509717
%X We present two rare cases of acute osteomyelitis after bite injury that were reconstructed with a third metacarpal base osteoarticular flap and a vascularised medial femoral trochlea osteocartilaginous flap. The outcomes show that a vascularised osteoarticular flap is a good treatment option for a metacarpal head defect
%K Vascularised osteoarticular flap
%K metacarpophalangeal joint
%K osteomyelitis
%K bite injury
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6211214/