Reconstruction of a Neurocutaneous Defect of the Proximal Phalanx With a Heterodigital Arterialized Nerve Pedicle Flap

The Second Hospital of Tangshan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Complex Digital Injuries

Treatments: Procedure: Composite Flap

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01837407

HBTS13-04102 (Other Identifier)

TSChen8871

Details and patient eligibility

About

Complex digital injuries involving soft tissue loss and digital nerve defect pose challenging problems for hand surgeons. This study uses the heterodigital arterialized nerve pedicle flap including the dorsal branch of the digital nerve for reconstructing a digital neurocutaneous defect of the proximal phalanx.

Enrollment: 9 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 15 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• a neurocutaneous defect at the proximal phalanx
• a soft tissue defect on the volar, dorsal, and contiguous lateral aspects of adjacent fingers .associated digital nerve defect.

Exclusion criteria

• an injury involving the course of the arterial or venous pedicle; an injury involving donor site or donor nerve
• a soft tissue defect on the noncontiguous lateral aspects of adjacent fingers
• a nerve injury that is able to be repaired by primary neurorrhaphy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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9 participants in 1 patient group

Surgical flap

Other group

Description:

The flap includes the nerve for repair of the soft tissue and nerve defects

Treatment:

Procedure: Composite Flap