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14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT)

17.06. - 21.06.2019, Berlin

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Repairing small soft tissue defect in the hand with various free micro-skin flaps

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  • presenting/speaker Gaofeng Liang - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Yunsheng Teng - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Yongming Guo - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Junwen Dong - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Junwen Dong - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Zonghai Jia - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China
  • Xiaobo Quan - Weapons Industrial Health Institute (521 Hospital), Xi an, China

International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy. 14th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT), 11th Triennial Congress of the International Federation of Societies for Hand Therapy (IFSHT). Berlin, 17.-21.06.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2020. DocIFSSH19-1289

doi: 10.3205/19ifssh0250, urn:nbn:de:0183-19ifssh02509

Published: February 6, 2020

© 2020 Liang et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Objective: To investigate and summarize various free micro-skin flaps repairing small soft tissue defect in the hand.

Methods: From March 2014 to May 2015, 15 patients with soft tissue defect in the hand, including 12 males and 3 females, of which were repaired with various free micro-skin flaps, such as the free lateral metatarsal flap, the free medial plantar flap, the free perforator flap of the lateral iliac artery, the free perforator flap of the radial artery and the free wrist transverse flap. During the operation, avoiding to injury the perforating vascular pedicle for ensuring the blood supply of the flap. The wound was directly sutured except for the medial side of the plantar and the lateral donor site,which were repaired with skin grafting.

Results: All the free flaps survived and all the wounds healed in one stage. The patients were followed up during 6 months, with the average of 4 months. The color and texture of the flap is good.

Conclusion: According to the different situation of the injury, it is an efficient and quick method to design corresponding free micro-skin flap for repairing small soft tissue defect in the hand.