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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 85-B, Issue 6, 860-862.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B6.14061  
Copyright © 2003 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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The rhomboid flap: a simple technique to cover the skin defect produced by excision of a mucous cyst of a digit

D. Imran, FRCS, Fellow in Hand Surgery; C. Koukkou, Research Fellow in Hand Surgery; and L. C. Bainbridge, FRCS, Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon

Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, London Road, Derby DE1 2QY, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr D. Imran at the Education Centre, University Hospital of North Durham, North Road, Durham DH1 5TW, UK.

Rhomboid flaps were used rather than rotation flaps for skin cover after excision of mucous cysts of the finger in six patients. The rhomboid flap is a safe, reliable technique which is more easily taught and applied than the rotation flap.






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