title: A severe complication of muscle transfer: clostridial myonecrosis.
abstract: We present a case of gas gangrene as a severe complication of muscle transfer for opponensplasty. After debridement, the extensive palmar wound was covered by a free gracilis muscle transfer. This complication of muscle transfer has to our knowledge never been reported previously.
authors.affiliation: SOS Main Strasbourg, Clinique des Diaconesses, 4, rue Ste Elisabeth, 67000 Strasbourg, France. loreapatrick@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorea
authors.forename: Yolande
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Baeten
authors.forename: Nader
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chahidi
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franck
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moermans
mesh_terms: D005738:Gas Gangrene / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index