title: [Immediate functional reconstruction of the upper extremity after high voltage electric burns].
abstract: Large soft tissue defects on the upper arm and the forearm of a 14-year-old boy caused by electrical trauma were repaired with a free latissimus dorsi flap on the left forearm and a neurovascular lat. dorsi island flap to the right upper arm. Both extremities were saved, the defects covered and good functional repair was achieved. The latissimus dorsi flap is a save and easy procedure with a high variability. It is especially suitable for primary repair of large soft tissue defects.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Plastische Chirurgie, Städt. Krankenhaus München-Bogenhausen.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Herndl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Henckel von Donnersmarck
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hupfer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Mühlbauer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002058:Burns, Electric / Q000601:surgery*; D003646:Debridement / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Funktionelle Sofortrekonstruktion an der oberen Extremität nach Starkstromverbrennungen.