[Early transplantation of double rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flaps from upper abdomen for the repair of patients with electrical injury in the wrist].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of the early transplantation of double rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flaps on the repair of electrical injury of the wrist.


METHODS
The study involved six patients suffering from circumferential deep electrical burn with only small amount of normal skin left on the dorsal side. The wounds were covered with double rectus abdominis musculo-cutaneous flaps raised from the upper abdomen with pedicles in both proximal and distal ends at an early postburn stage. The postoperative recovery of wrist function and wound repair were evaluated.


RESULTS
The wrist wounds in all the 6 patients were primarily healed, with perfect function and appearance.


CONCLUSIONS
Early application of double rectus abdominis musculocutaneous flaps on the electrically injured wrists can promote the wound healing processes and plays important roles in the preservation of wrist function.
Wu
Ai-jing
AJ
Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, The Second People's Hospital of Hangzhou City, Hangzhou 310015, PR China.
Xu
Shao-jun
SJ
Shen
Ming-qiang
MQ
Xie
Jing
J