title: [Experience of treating firearm-wound in upper limbs with vessel pedicel tissue flap].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the clinical result of treating firearm-wound with the vessel pedicel tissue flap.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 1992 to October 2000, 21 cases of firearm-wound of upper limbs underwent transplantation with the vessel pedicel tissue flap. Of them, the locations of the wound were upper arm in 11 cases, forearm in 7 cases, hand in 3 cases. The size of wound was 1.0 cm x 0.5 cm to 8.0 cm x 6.5 cm; the wound course was 3 minutes to 8 hours with an average of 3 hours and 30 minutes. The patients were followed up 3 months to 2 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 21 cases, the results were excellent in 19 cases and poor in 2 cases. The good rate was 90.5%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment of firearm-wound with vessel pedicel tissue flap has the good effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, No. 451 Hospital of the PLA, Xi'an Shaanxi, P. R. China, 710054.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: A-ling
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Gui-wu
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003646:Debridement; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*