[Repair of finger soft tissue defects using axial pattern flaps].

Objective: To investigate the feasibility and effect of different types of axial pattern flaps in repairing soft tissue defects of the fingers.

Methods: Five types of axial pattern flaps were used to repair soft tissue defects of the fingers of 30 patients admitted to the Second Hospital of Shaoxing Municipality from 2005 to 2010, including distally-based dorsal thumb neurocutaneous vascular flaps in 4 cases, free flaps from the fibular side of the great toe in 6 cases, modified retrograde dorsal metacarpal artery flaps in 8 cases, free flaps based on the radial dorsal septum muscular perforator of the posterior interosseous artery in 6 cases, and free posterior interosseous artery flaps carrying a long segment of the posterior interosseous artery in 6 cases. The flap size ranged from 2.