title: [Management of soft tissue defects in the region of finger PIP joints by means of pedicular skin flaps taken from abdomen].
abstract: Management of soft tissue defects in the region of finger PIP joints makes a serious operative problem. Commonly recommended skin plastics require a wide experience in hand surgery. There is also lack of a comprehensive doctrine of surgical therapy depending on the extent of the mutilations. The paper presents the results of treatment of 17 mutilated fingers of 11 patients (8 men, 3 females) treated over the period of 2 years (2002-2004). The method applied was pediculated skin flaps taken from an abdomen. According to the extent of lesions three groups of patients were created. Eight patients were treated as emergencies, three appeared from 4 to 11 weeks after the accident. Flaps were cut off after 20.4 days on average. The secondary plastic was performed after the following 9.5 weeks. In 2 patients tendon plastics were performed. Fingers were mobilized during the whole period of the therapy. No complications in healing of the flaps were observed. The functional results were assessed 6 months on average after the primary operation. The average TAM and TPM were evaluated as follows: group I (no, or minor tendon lesions) TAM--186 degrees, group II.
authors.affiliation: Pododdział Replantacji Kończyn, Szpital św. Jadwigi Slaskiej w Trzebnicy.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jabłecki
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kaczmarzyk
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domanasiewicz
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paruzel
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous