Management of the “Ring Finger” or Alliance Finger: Three Cases and a Literature Review

Abstract

Ring finger is a serious accident characterized by a vascular and neurovascular avulsion and skin detachment. This serious accident follows sudden traction exerted on a finger by a ring, well known to hand surgeons.but much less known to other health professionals and even less to the general public. The authors report the observations of three patients, two of whom benefited from McGregor inguinal flap coverage after surgical debridement and amputation for the third with satisfactory functional and aesthetic results, and also address, after reviewing the literature, the different aspects of this pathology.