Salvage in a case of ring avulsion injury with an immediate second-toe wrap-around flap.
A nonreplantable complete degloving injury to the small finger of a young woman was treated with the immediate microsurgical transfer of a second-toe wrap-around flap. One year after the operation, the donor foot was free of symptoms, and the reconstructed finger had an excellent cosmetic appearance, a range of motion of 0/90 degrees at both the metacarpophalangeal and the proximal interphalangeal joints, and a two-point discrimination of 6 mm. In selected patients, when the degloved skin envelope cannot be revascularized and when the skeletal and tendinous units are still intact, an immediate second-toe wrap-around flap may be a good alternative to amputation.
Khouri
R K
RK
Division of Plastic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Diehl
G J
GJ
D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014034:Toes / Q000637:transplantation*