title: Importance of the reconstruction of the extensor retinaculum after injury.
abstract: We reconstructed an extensive soft tissue defect of the dorsum of the left wrist after an injury using a free anterolateral thigh flap and a tendon graft, and intending to substitute the extensor retinaculum for the fascia in this flap. As a result, maximum function of the extension mechanism was restored to the reconstructed hand.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sumiya Orthopaedic Hospital, Wakayama, Japan. kawakatsu@sumiya.or.jp
authors.forename: Motohisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawakatsu
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terai
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013710:Tendons / Q000601:surgery*; D014954:Wrist Injuries / Q000601:surgery