A Comparison of Dorsal Branch of the Digital Nerve Versus Dorsal Digital Nerve for Finger Pulp Reconstruction

The Second Hospital of Tangshan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Soft Tissue Defect of the Finger

Treatments: Procedure: flap includes a donor nerve

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01826539

TSChen8652

HBTS13-03095 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

As the donor nerve attached with the flap, the dorsal branch of the digital nerve and the dorsal digital nerve is commonly used for finger pulp reconstruction.This study compares two donor nerves: the dorsal branch of the digital nerve and the dorsal digital nerve.

Full description

The investigators compares two donor nerves attached with the flap for sensory reconstruction of finger pulp: the dorsal branch of the digital nerve and the dorsal digital nerve. The main outcomes were static 2-point discrimination and Semmes-Weinstein monofilament scores of the flap, and pain and cold intorlence of the reconstructed finger.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The pulp or fingertip defect in only one finger
• A defect greater than or equal to 1.5 cm in length
• Necessity to preserve finger length
• A patient between 18 and 60 years of age

Exclusion criteria

• Injuries to the dorsum of the middle phalanx
• Injuries to the course of the vascular pedicle or donor nerve
• A defect less than 1.5 cm in length
• Multiple finger pulp defect
• Extremely contaminated wounds

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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71 participants in 1 patient group

Innervated finger flap

Other group

Description:

donor nerve attached with the flap for finger pulp reconstruction

Treatment:

Procedure: flap includes a donor nerve