title: The radial forearm fascial flap as a salvage procedure for chronic tuberculosis of the hand and wrist.
abstract: A patient with tuberculous infection of the hand and wrist developed a recurrent draining wound of the right forearm. After recurrent failure of surgical debridement and wound closure under antituberculous therapy, wound closure was established by means of a radial forearm fascial flap with an excellent functional and cosmetic result. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis must be kept in mind in the diagnosis of slowly growing tumours and chronic wounds in the upper extremity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns, Plastic and Hand Surgery, Berufgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik, Luwigshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cedidi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Raff
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Germann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003646:Debridement; D005542:Forearm; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016879:Salvage Therapy; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014394:Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular / Q000601:surgery*; D014953:Wrist