title: Total palmar resurfacing with scapular free flap in a 26-year contracted hand.
abstract: The scapular free flap offers a large-sized and well-vascularized coverage for variable defects. It is not regarded, however, as a favorite tool for palmar resurfacing because of its bulky and rigid nature. A 28-year-old man had sustained a contact dermal injury at the age of 2 years that resulted in a severely deformed hand. The total palmar defect was resurfaced by surgical intervention with a scapular free flap. After secondary procedures, the final result was promising. The present report focuses on the secondary procedures, which make a more functional and aesthetically pleasing hand after coverage with the scapular flap. Also, our result suggests that even finger joints contracted for 26 years can recover motion if they have not been directly damaged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Shin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods