[Neuroma prevention through a sensitive finger fillet flap and a central hand narrowing operation]. / Neuromprävention durch sensiblen Filetlappen bei zentraler Handverschmälerung.

Two patients with functionless fingers as a result of an injury and various operations presented to obtain a second opinion. We offered a finger and partial middle-hand skeletal resection for the painful and disabled finger. As amputations often cause neuromas, we created a sensitive fillet flat and used it to fill the defect on the palmar aspect of the hand. Both patients are satisfied with the functional and aesthetic results and have not developed a painful neuroma.