title: [Complex injuries of the dorsum of the hand. Therapeutic reflections apropos of 2 cases].
abstract: We report 2 similar cases of severe injury of the dorsum of the hand, both treated in emergency.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 37-year-old right handed male truck driver was admitted with a complex severe injury of the dorsum of his right hand following a traffic accident. He had a combined large defect involving skin, tendons and bone. A complex reconstruction was performed using a massive iliac crest allograft, a tendon graft and a free serratus anterior flap in a one stage procedure, eight hours after the injury. A skin graft was done later. Two years later the functional and esthetic results are good.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 37-year-old woman was admitted with a severe injury of the dorsum of her right hand following a traffic accident. She had a large combined defect involving skin, tendon and bone. A complex reconstruction was carried out using a large iliac crest autograft, a multiple tendon graft and a free latissimus dorsi flap, in one stage 6 hours after the trauma. Eight months later the functional result is partial but useful for the daily activities of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique Traumatologique et Plastique, C.H.U. Hôpital Jean Minjoz, Besançon.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tropet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garbuio
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gérard
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vichard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D013524:Surgical Flaps
vernacular_title: Les traumatismes complexes de la face dorsale de la main. Réflexions thérapeutiques à propos de 2 cas.