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The osteogenic capacity of periosteal free flap was investigated in five patients with metacarpal nonunion and impaired bone vascularization.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Patients and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Surgery was performed between 64 and 499\u2009days after the initial bone osteosynthesis. The average age was 27.6 (range 16\u201332) years. Nonunion was caused by excessive periosteal removal in two patients, extensive open trauma in three. Four nonunions were diaphyseal, one metaphyseal. A periosteal medial femoral condyle free flap was raised on the descending genicular artery for four patients, the superomedial genicular artery for one. After osteosynthesis with a plate, the flap was wrapped around the metacarpal, overlapping the bone proximally and distally. The recipient vessel were the dorsal branch of the radial artery and a vena comitans in the anatomical snuffbox in four patients, at the base of the first webspace in one.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The flap size ranged from 5\u2009\u00d7\u20093.5\u00a0cm to 8\u2009\u00d7\u20094\u00a0cm. No postoperative complication occurred. Radiological bone union was achieved 3 to 8\u00a0months after surgery. One patient had a full range of motion, one a slight extension lag of the proximal interphalangeal joint, two moderate joint stiffness of the proximal interphalangeal or metacarpophalangeal joint (one requiring plate removal and extensor tenolysis), one severe stiffness that allowed using a hook grip which was the aim of the surgery.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In case of metacarpal nonunion with impaired bone vascularization, the periosteal medial femoral condyle free flap provides an effective and biomimetic approach to bone healing.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/micr.30826","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,12]],"date-time":"2021-10-12T06:36:43Z","timestamp":1634020603000},"page":"226-230","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Periosteal medial femoral condyle free flap for metacarpal 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