The use of a thin abdominal flap in degloving finger injuries

N Yamada; K Ui; E Uchinuma

doi:10.1054/bjps.2001.3611

The use of a thin abdominal flap in degloving finger injuries

Br J Plast Surg. 2001 Jul;54(5):434-8. doi: 10.1054/bjps.2001.3611.

Authors

N Yamada¹, K Ui, E Uchinuma

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, School of Medicine, Kitasato University, Kanagawa, Japan.

PMID: 11428777
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.2001.3611

Abstract

Three multiple-finger degloving injuries were successfully resurfaced with thin abdominal flaps. This method offers immediate total wound coverage in multiple-finger degloving injuries.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Muscles
Accidents, Occupational*
Adolescent
Finger Injuries / surgery*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Surgical Flaps / blood supply
Surgical Flaps / physiology*
Treatment Outcome