Table 1.

Population of our series, with age, mechanism of the soft tissue defect, size of the defect, and concomitant important structures missing.

Case Number	Age	Sex	Mechanism	Side, Area to Be Covered	Defect Size cm2	Concomitant Defects
1	40	Male	Crush-avulsion	Dorsum left hand	102	Extensor tendons dig 2 to 4
2	19	Male	Infection	Left middle finger Dorsal and volar aspect	60	Ulnar digital nerve
3	47	Male	Burr Injury	Left little finger Dorsal aspect	10
4	60	Male	Infection	Left Hand Dorsal aspect	40
5	23	Male	Severe scarring after infection	Left hand 1st web space	40	1st web branches of the radial nerve
6	36	Male	Post traumatic stiffness	Right hand Dorsal aspect index finger	10	Proximal interphalangeal joint severe arthritis
7	32	Male	Scar contracture	dorsum left index	5	Radial digital nerve
8	64	Female	Infection after cat bite	Left index, dorsal aspect	9
9	48	Male	Degloving injury	Left little finger, circumferential	84
10	41	Female	Open ulna fracture	Left ulna head	50	Ulnar artery
11	52	Male	Infection	Right ring finger, dorsal defect	8
12	35	Female	Crush injury	Right hand, dorsal defect to the ring and little finger	18	Extensor tendon defect to the little finger withBone defect at the PIP joint
13	45	Female	Avulsion / Friction burn	Left hand, dorsal aspect 2nd and 3rd ray	90	Extensor tendon to the index finger
14	23	Male	Burr injury	Left little finger, all the palmar aspect	21
15	17	Male	Explosion	Left middle finger, radial side	8	Radial digital nerve of the index finger
16	29	Male	Crush Injury	Right index finger dorsal and volar aspect	15	Extensor tendon
17	40	Male	Scar contracture after chemical Burn	Left hand dorsal aspect	30
18	27	Male	Post traumatic scar contracture	Left finger, dorsal aspect	14
19	48	Male	Pseudoarthrosis with unstable scar	Right thumb, dorsal aspect	15	Bone defect of the proximal phalanx of the thumb
20	51	Male	Post traumatic stiffness	Left little finger, dorsal aspect	12
21	52	Female	Previous first ray amputation	Right thumb dorsal and vola aspect	105	Bone defect
22	53	Female	Infection	Left hand dorsal aspect	63
23	44	Male	Post traumatic skin contracture	Left hand, 1st web space	45	1st web branches of the radial nerve
24	42	Male	Thumb subamputation	Left thumb, dorsal aspect	9	Extensor pollicis longus
25	32	Male	Post traumatic stiffness	Right index, dorsal aspect	10
26	37	Male	Burr injury	Left middle finger, radial aspect	6
27	47	Male	Post traumatic stiffness and multiple operations	Left hand, 5th ray, dorsal aspect	12
28	47	Female	Crush injury	Left ring finger, palmar aspect	6
29	67	Male	Crush injury	Left ankle and heel	76
30	43	Male	Soft tissue tumor	Right hand, palm	12
31	28	Male	Explosion	Right thumb, all palmar surface	21	Ulnar digital nerve
average	41	7f, 26m			32