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Dorsal Metatarsal Artery Perforator Flap

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Earley and Milner [1] described distally based first web flaps that included branches of the first dorsal and plantar metatarsal arteries and which they used to cover distal dorsal foot defects.

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Hou, C., Chang, S., Lin, J., Song, D. (2015). Dorsal Metatarsal Artery Perforator Flap. In: Surgical Atlas of Perforator Flaps. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9834-1_30

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