BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

The lateral arm free flap in releasing severe contracture of the first web space. 1988

L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Louisville Hand Surgery, Kentucky.

To permanently release severe contracture of the first web space, suitable additional skin must be provided. Local skin is often insufficient and is unable to fill the depths of the space. Pedicle flaps are bulky, require a second operation for division, and frequently demand further procedures for revision. A precisely tailored lateral arm free flap allows unparalleled correction to be achieved with one surgical intervention. The operation can be performed under regional anaesthesia with morbidity restricted to one extremity.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002058 Burns, Electric Burns produced by contact with electric current or from a sudden discharge of electricity. Electric Burns,Burn, Electric,Electric Burn
D003286 Contracture Prolonged shortening of the muscle or other soft tissue around a joint, preventing movement of the joint. Contractures
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

Related Publications

L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
First web space contracture.
January 2014, Eplasty,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Reconstruction of severe contracture of the first web space using the reverse posterior interosseous artery flap.
December 2011, The Journal of trauma,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Internal splints for prevention of first web contracture following severe disruption of the first web space.
October 1994, Journal of hand surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland),
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Dorsal thumb flap for release of adduction contracture of the first web space.
April 1975, Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
[Reconstruction of severe contracture of the first web space and wrist by incorporating pedicled retrograde flap of forearm transplantation].
October 2011, Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
First web space contracture and hand function.
May 1993, The Journal of hand surgery,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
First web space post-burn contracture types: contracture elimination methods.
March 2011, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Cross-arm triangular flaps for correction of adduction contracture of the first web space in the hand.
July 1977, Plastic and reconstructive surgery,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Temporoparietal fascial free flap for correction of first web space atrophy.
January 2010, Microsurgery,
L R Scheker, and G D Lister, and T W Wolff
Release of severe post-burn contracture of the first web space using the reverse posterior interosseous flap: Our experience with 12 cases.
September 2013, Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries,
Copied contents to your clipboard!