Figure 2.

(a) 40-year-old male patient with a full thickness chemical burn to the dorsum of the non-dominant left hand and extensor tendon adhesions; (b) Debridement of the burned skin and tenolysis with a resulting defect of 30 cm² (6 cm × 5 cm); (c) retrograde free venous flap harvested from the contralateral forearm because of large tattoo on the left forearm. Red arrow indicates the vein chosen as the one to be arterialized. Blue arrows indicate the draining vein; (d) flap in place, anastomosed end-to end to a collateral branch of the dorsal radial artery and (e) immediate visible refill (ca. 5 min); (f) situation at 12 days, with no blistering, excessive swelling, or discolouring; (g) results at 6 months with full finger extension; (h) full flexion of the finger was also achieved.