title: The management of web space contractures.
abstract: Multiple reconstructive options exist for the web space contracture: skin grafts, local flaps, and distant flaps have all been used to release the contracture and resurface the resultant defect. Local flaps are frequently more suited to web contractures between the fingers, whereas the thumb-index web space is amenable to a broader range of surgical techniques. The authors present a review of the anatomy of the web and options for reconstruction of web space contractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Regions Hospital, USA. loree.k.kalliainen@healthpartners.com
authors.forename: Loree K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Kalliainen
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D003286:Contracture / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D015626:Tissue Expansion