TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - Cohort Studies
KW - Female
KW - Forehead
KW - Hand Deformities, Acquired
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Microsurgery
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Muscular Atrophy
KW - Retrospective Studies
KW - Scalp
KW - Surgical Flaps
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Ulnar Neuropathies
AU - Kruavit A
AU - Visuthikosol V
AB - <p>Fourteen temporoparietal fascial free flaps were used for correction of first web space atrophy from ulnar nerve palsy in 13 patients. Ten sustained ulnar nerve injuries and three suffered from leprosy. The procedures were performed under general anesthesia except one leprosy patient with bilateral ulnar nerve palsy in which local anesthesia and brachial block were employed to harvest bilateral free flaps and recipient site preparations, respectively. The follow-up time varied from 4 to 64 months. The postoperative results were satisfactory and there was no resorption of the free flaps. The consistency of the augmented first web space was soft and compressible like natural feel. The size of the flap was more than enough for augmentation of first web space and donor site morbidity was minimal and accepted by all patients. We conclude that temporoparietal fascial free flap is an ideal autogenous tissue for correction of first web space atrophy.</p>
BT - Microsurgery
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19530085?dopt=Abstract
DA - 2010
DO - 10.1002/micr.20677
IS - 1
J2 - Microsurgery
LA - eng
N2 - <p>Fourteen temporoparietal fascial free flaps were used for correction of first web space atrophy from ulnar nerve palsy in 13 patients. Ten sustained ulnar nerve injuries and three suffered from leprosy. The procedures were performed under general anesthesia except one leprosy patient with bilateral ulnar nerve palsy in which local anesthesia and brachial block were employed to harvest bilateral free flaps and recipient site preparations, respectively. The follow-up time varied from 4 to 64 months. The postoperative results were satisfactory and there was no resorption of the free flaps. The consistency of the augmented first web space was soft and compressible like natural feel. The size of the flap was more than enough for augmentation of first web space and donor site morbidity was minimal and accepted by all patients. We conclude that temporoparietal fascial free flap is an ideal autogenous tissue for correction of first web space atrophy.</p>
PY - 2010
SP - 8
EP - 12
T2 - Microsurgery
TI - Temporoparietal fascial free flap for correction of first web space atrophy.
VL - 30
SN - 1098-2752
ER -