The repair of bulky tissue defect of forearm with skin flaps.
- Author:
Xiaoyuan HUANG
1
;
Jianhong LONG
;
Tinghong XIE
;
Minghua ZHANG
;
Pihong ZHANG
;
Xinghua YANG
;
Keqin ZHONG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Adolescent; Adult; Child; Female; Forearm Injuries; surgery; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pectoralis Muscles; transplantation; Skin Transplantation; methods; Surgical Flaps; Time Factors; Wound Healing
- From: Chinese Journal of Burns 2002;18(6):334-335
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo evaluate the repairing methods of bulky tissue defect of forearm with flaps.
METHODSTwenty-one burned patients with wounds in the forearm were enrolled in this study. The injury causes were high-voltage electricity, hot press or crush injury. After local debridement, the forearm defects were repaired with pedicled complex flaps, latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous island flaps or large thoraco-abdominal flaps immediately.
RESULTSAll the flaps survived very well with satisfactory results except for 1 patient in whom local ischemic necrosis and sub-flap infection at the distal end of the flap occurred.
CONCLUSIONEarly debridement followed by skin flaps with pedicles or musculocutaneous flaps transfer could be simple, safe and reliable treatment strategies in the management of bulky tissue defects of the forearm due to burn, electric injury, or other devastating injuries.
