Biomaterial Database

[Treatment of adduction cicatricial contracture of the thumb]. 1989

V F Korshunov, and A A Lazarev, and V B Germanov, and A L Filimonov

The authors discuss the results of treatment of 56 patients with adduction cicatricial contractures of the thumb which developed after severe mechanical, gunshot and thermal injuries. According to the degree of the deformity, 3 degrees of contractures are distinguished and each cells for certain therapeutic tactics. Various types of free and pedicle dermatoplasty and a method of dosed distraction by means of apparatuses designed in the clinic were employed. Among 40 patients who were examined 35 showed good functional and cosmetic results.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002921	Cicatrix	The fibrous tissue that replaces normal tissue during the process of WOUND HEALING.	Scars,Cicatrization,Scar,Scarring
D003286	Contracture	Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint.	Contractures
D005260	Female		Females
D006227	Hand Deformities, Acquired	Deformities of the hand, or a part of the hand, acquired after birth as the result of injury or disease.	Acquired Hand Deformities,Acquired Hand Deformity,Deformities, Acquired Hand,Deformity, Acquired Hand,Hand Deformity, Acquired
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D013524	Surgical Flaps	Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region.	Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps
D013933	Thumb	The first digit on the radial side of the hand which in humans lies opposite the other four.	Thumbs
D016038	Skin Transplantation	The grafting of skin in humans or animals from one site to another to replace a lost portion of the body surface skin.	Dermatoplasty,Grafting, Skin,Transplantation, Skin,Dermatoplasties,Graftings, Skin,Skin Grafting,Skin Graftings,Skin Transplantations,Transplantations, Skin