Mutilated hand injuries.
The authors provide a review of treatment of the mutilated hand, discussing the effect of injury on soft tissue loss, intrinsic and extrinsic musculature, paravascular structures, tendons, and the bony skeleton. The authors review functional loss and restoration.
Department of Plastic Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, 747 North Rutledge, Third Floor, Springfield, IL 62702, USA.
Theresa
T
Hegge
Michael W
MW
Neumeister
D000574:American Medical Association; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000592:standards*; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D015599:Trauma Severity Indices; D014481:United States