Two immediate synchronous free flap transfers in a severe traumatic mid-hand defect: A case report

✍ Scribed by Chih-Hung Lin; Fu-Chan Wei

• Book ID: 102511634
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 288 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0738-1085
• DOI: 10.1002/micr.1920160815

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A 66‐year‐old patient sustained a severe right hand injury resulting in a thumb pulp defect and unreplantable amputation of the index, long, and ring fingers at the metacarpophalangeal joint with joint exposure. There was also an 8 cm defect of the radial digital nerve of the little finger. Immediate one‐stage total reconstruction of all of the defects was accomplished by a free groin flap and a free glabrous skin flap from the foot. Opposable function of the hand was thus preserved. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.