Reconstruction of Hand Soft Tissue Defects

Sohag University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Hand Injuries

Treatments: Procedure: Posterior interosseous artery flap

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05218252

Soh-Med-22-01-06

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluation of distally based posterior interosseous artery flap in reconstructing hand soft tissue defects that may result from trauma, extensive burns, tumor resection or congenital deformities.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients with complex defects over the dorsal and palmar aspect of the wrist and the hand up to the proximal interphalangeal joint level, the whole thumb, and the first web space.
2. Small to moderate hand defects resulting from post-traumatic raw areas, post-traumatic deformities, postburn deformities and scar, post tumor resection, and congenital hand deformity.
3. Availability of a healthy donor site.

Exclusion criteria

1. Patients with a major uncontrollable medical illness.
2. Chronic heavy smokers.
3. Traumatic injury to the donor site.
4. Complex defects of the hand beyond the PIP joint level.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Hand soft tissue defects

Other group

Description:

Patients with mild to moderate hand soft tissue defects with exposed bone, tendons or cartilage resulting from trauma, tumor ablation or postburn deformities.

Treatment:

Procedure: Posterior interosseous artery flap