A severe complication of muscle transfer: clostridial myonecrosis.
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.
Lorea
Patrick
P
SOS Main Strasbourg, Clinique des Diaconesses, 4, rue Ste Elisabeth, 67000 Strasbourg, France. loreapatrick@yahoo.fr
Baeten
Yolande
Y
Chahidi
Nader
N
Franck
Diane
D
Moermans
Jean-Pierre
JP
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