Affiliation:
1. From the Christine M. Kleinert Institute of Hand and Micro Surgery and the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Abstract
The treatment of complex dorsal hand lesions involving skin and subcutaneous tissues, extensor tendons, and bone remains a difficult problem for reconstructive surgeons. Traditional treatment of these defects uses staged reconstruction, first obtaining soft tissue cover and then performing bone and tendon grafts. The purpose of this study was to compare a series of seven patients who underwent staged reconstruction with seven patients who had immediate reconstruction involving primary bone and tendon grafting. All procedures were performed to correct similar severe dorsal hand defects. Patients with immediate reconstruction had a significantly faster return to maximum range of movement (ROM) (214 days compared to 630 days, P = 0.002), significantly fewer operations (2.1 compared to 5.9, P = 0.002) and a greater chance of returning to work (86% compared to 48.2%, P = 0.3) than patients with staged reconstruction.
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