Digital arterial occlusion in scleroderma: is there a role for digital arterial reconstruction?
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Anterior Capsular Reconstruction with Human Dermal Allograft for Irreparable Subscapularis Tears
Published on: May 9, 2025
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh 15213, USA. mtomaino@uoi.upmc.edu
Abstract:
A 47-year-old patient with Raynaud's phenomenon secondary to scleroderma developed long finger ischaemic pain. This was successfully treated with a palmar sympathectomy and a long finger digital artery reconstruction using a reversed small calibre vein graft between a perforator from the deep palmar arch and the radial digital artery at the level of the distal interphalangeal joint.
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