Dorsal Hand Reconstruction with Web Contracture Release Using Free Superficial Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap.

ABSTRACT: We present a case in which reconstruction of the dorsum of the hand and finger web space was carried out concurrently with the insertion of a superficial inferior epigastric artery flap into the interdigital spaces. This approach was taken to prevent the potential development of subsequent web space contracture. The patient, a 57-year-old woman, presented with a necrotizing soft tissue infection on the dorsum of her left hand, resulting in a full-thickness skin defect extending from the metacarpophalangeal joint to the wrist, with exposure of the extensor tendons. The reconstructive surgery involved raising a superficial inferior epigastric artery flap and transplanting it onto the tissue defect, to cover not only the dorsal defect but also the interdigital spaces after releasing web space

SUBMITTER: Nomaguchi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11404966 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature