title: Deep digital burns treated with 2 abdominal flaps: case report.
abstract: We present the case of a 22-year-old man with third- to fourth-degree flame burns to all fingers of the right hand. After removing the necrotic tissues and amputating the carbonized distal segments of each finger, we covered the injured thumb with a paraumbilical tubular flap and covered the other fingers with an abdominal wall marsupial flap. Fifty days after injury, all the wounds healed, and the remaining fingers were salvaged. Four months after injury, the grip strength and the first web span of the right hand was 23.6 kg and 53°, and the patient could fulfill almost all the activities of daily living.
authors.affiliation: Department of Burns, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Linhai, Zheijaing Province, China. Electronic address: clwu2504@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Choulang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Lichun
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jinman
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018737:Hand Strength; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013933:Thumb / Q000293:injuries; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Abdominal wall marsupial flap; burns; fingers; paraumbilical tubular flap; wounds