Der heterodigitale neurovaskuläre Insellappen nach Littler:
                    Zur Erstautorenschaft sowie eigene Erfahrungen

Elmar Fritsche; Thomas Giesen; Urs Hug

doi:10.1055/a-1904-8199

Handchirurgie · Mikrochirurgie · Plastische Chirurgie, Table of Contents

Handchir Mikrochir Plast Chir 2023; 55(01): 8-15
DOI: 10.1055/a-1904-8199

Übersichtsarbeit

Der heterodigitale neurovaskuläre Insellappen nach Littler: Zur Erstautorenschaft sowie eigene Erfahrungen

Littlers Heterodigital Neurovascular Island Flap: Regarding the First Authorship and Our Own Experiences

Elmar Fritsche

¹Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

,

Thomas Giesen

¹Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

,

Urs Hug

¹Klinik für Hand- und Plastische Chirurgie, Kantonsspital Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland

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Abstract

Zusammenfassung

Diese Arbeit klärt den Anspruch auf die Urheberschaft der Erstbeschreibung des heterodigitalen neurovaskulären Insellappens, stellt beschriebene Varianten vor und präsentiert eine Serie von 15 Fällen mit klinischen Beispielen.

Abstract

We clarify the claim to the authorship of the first description of the heterodigital neurovascular island flap, describe different variants and present a series of 15 cases with clinical examples.

Schlüsselwörter

Littler Lappen - Erstautorschaft - Varianten - Vielseitigkeit - Medizingeschichte

Key words

Littler flap - first author - variants - versatility - medical history

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