Improved, atraumatic access to digits with severe flexor contractures: surgical tape and suture modification of the lead hand.
We present a modification to the widely used lead hand retraction system that allows for improved surgical access to a digit with a severe flexor contracture. A simple construct using surgical adhesive tape and a silk suture can be made and applied to the digit and lead hand. Our technique is simple and inexpensive to use, and we recommend its use to improve surgical access without causing unnecessary trauma to the digit.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, United Kingdom. sameer.jain@midyorks.nhs.uk
Sameer
S
Jain
Mohammed Umair
MU
Anwar
Sanjib
S
Majumder
D003286:Contracture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D004387:Dupuytren Contracture / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D005384:Finger Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D053832:Surgical Tape; D013537:Sutures