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Emergency surgical repair of extensive soft-tissue defects in upper limb of a child, using flap graft
✍ Scribed by Lin Li; Tan Xiongjin; Chen Guofen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-1085
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Extensive soft‐tissue defects in the upper limb of a child are rare, and emergency surgical repair presents a challenge to the clinician and requires high proficiency in operating skills. The use of common regular flaps fails to completely cover the trauma. We report on a case in which the skin defect, reaching 42 × 15 cm, was repaired by the use of a scapula latissimus dorsi musculo‐cutaneous flap, and the functions of the affected limb were maintained to the utmost extent. Thus the patient has escaped amputation. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.