Resurfacing problems in the hand.
Some of the many acceptable methods of achieving primary skin cover of optimal quality under varying conditions in hand injuries have been briefly described. The overriding principles of hand coverage following injury remain: to achieve, by the simplest methods appropriate to the circumstances, the replacement of lost tissue similar or nearly similar in quality to that lost and to accomplish this with as little morbidity and as little donor area scar as possible, and as expeditiously as is consonant with the best results.
D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D003646:Debridement; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000294:innervation; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous