[The repair of bulky tissue defect of forearm with skin flaps].

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To evaluate the repairing methods of bulky tissue defect of forearm with flaps.

METHODS:

Twenty-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.

RESULTS:

All 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.

CONCLUSION:

Early 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.

• Authors: Xiaoyuan Huang, Jianhong Long, Tinghong Xie, Minghua Zhang, Pihong Zhang, Xinghua Yang, Keqin Zhong
• Journal: Zhonghua shao shang za zhi = Zhonghua shaoshang zazhi = Chinese journal of burns (Zhonghua Shao Shang Za Zhi) Vol. 18 Issue 6 Pg. 334-5 (Dec 2002) ISSN: 1009-2587 [Print] China
• PMID: 12641981 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Child
• Female
• Forearm Injuries (surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pectoralis Muscles (transplantation)
• Skin Transplantation (methods)
• Surgical Flaps
• Time Factors
• Wound Healing