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Published on: January 11, 2016
[The repair of bulky tissue defect of forearm with skin flaps]
Xiaoyuan Huang1, Jianhong Long, Tinghong Xie
1Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, Xiang Ya Hospital, Zhong Nan University, Changsha 410008 P.R. China.
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.
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