title: Successful correction of severe contracture of the palm using arterialized venous flaps.
abstract: Severe contracture of the palm causes great difficulty in the performance of the tasks required in daily life. Resurfacing with skin grafts may be sufficient for treating mild and small contractures; but severe and extensive contractures involving the joints, tendons, and neurovascular bundles should be covered with thin flaps. The authors present four cases of successful reconstruction of severe and extensive contractures of the palm using large arterialized venous flaps.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Motohiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: Tsukasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isago
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*