Innervated Sensory Cross-Finger Flap (ISCF)

The Second Hospital of Tangshan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Transplantation

Treatments: Procedure: The innervated sensory cross-finger flap

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01019811

STS-5xb-86

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to introduce a new operative technique for reconstruction of fingertip degloving injury.

Full description

Incidence of fingertip degloving injury is common and can result in functional morbidity. A cross-finger flap based on the dorsal branch artery (DBA) including sensory nerve is a useful reconstructive technique.In our modification, the innervated sensory flap is vascularized by the DBA, both its pedicle is narrow and its coverage is extended, the projecting tip of exposed distal phalanx of adjacent digits therefore can be wrapped.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 59 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• the fingertip degloving injury including the thumb;
• age between 12 and 59 years;
• no life-threatening associated injuries.

Exclusion criteria

• age greater than 60 years;
• smoking;
• Dupuytren's contracture;
• peripheral arterial disease and other vascular disorders.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)