title: [Transplantation of thin pedicle skin flap: a new method in the treatment of skin defect of hand (a report of 54 cases)].
abstract: We used the transplantation of the thin pedicle skin flap to repair the skin defect on the hand and claw hand due to scar contracture in 54 patients. The results were improved. The size of the skin flaps was 16-8 cm x 6-4 cm. The average time of division of the pedicle was 10.5 days. In comparison with the free skin graft with a preserved subcutaneous vascular network, the whole thickness free skin graft, the random pattern skin flap (local flap, fascio cutaneous flap and traditional skin flap), the axial pattern skin flap (including island skin flap and myocutaneous flap), showed that the thin pedicle skin flap was superior over them. The indications, blood circulation and the points for attention in the operation were discussed.
authors.affiliation: Worker's Hospital of Handan General Steel and Iron Plant, Hebei.
authors.forename: Z Z
authors.initials: ZZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods