Fasciocutaneous cubital flap in soft tissue loss of the wrist.

Surgical managment of soft tissue loss in the wrist consists of suitable coverage for the protection of vascular, nervous and tendinous structures. The fasciocutaneous cubital flap covers wrist defects, providing safe support over the nerves, tendons and vessels. Reported here is five cases of wrist defects by different etiology (extravasations, autolysis, trauma and neuritis). A fasciocutaneous cubital flap successfully covered the soft tissue loss in all cases. This flap is applied in an easy, one-stage procedure and it maintains the major arteries of the forearm.