Sensory rehabilitation of the heterodigital neurovascular island skin flap for the thumb

ABSTRACT

Objectives: The loss of sensibility of the thumb is a major disability. Since Littler [1956] described his neurovascular island flap [NVIF], two main problems have arisen calling for repeated attempts at modifying the technique to overcome these two problems, viz. Double sensibility and referral of sensibility in the graft to the donor finger. Our work aimed at studying the impact of a suggested rehabilitation program on sensory outcome following NVIF for thumb