The Radial Forearm Flap In Reconstruction Of Upper Limb Injuries

Sohag University

Status: Completed

Conditions: for Upper Limb Soft Tissue Coverage

Treatments: Procedure: Radial Forearm Flap

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06319586

Soh-Med-24-02-08MS

Details and patient eligibility

About

The radial forearm flap is a very useful and versatile flap with a long vascular pedicle and a thin, pliable skin. It's used in reconstruction of the mutilated hand as a reverse pedicled flap. The dominant pedicle is the radial artery, with venous outflow through the dual system of the venae comitantes and cephalic vein. Sensory innervation may be derived from the medial and lateral antebrachial cutaneous nerves. The radial forearm flap offers the advantage of a large area of donor tissue from the involved extremity with the potential for inclusion of bone, nerve, and tendon grafts. Sacrifice of the radial artery has not been associated with significant patient symptoms However, the donor defect can be troublesome, frequently requiring skin grafting directly over the paratenon of the flexor tendons, producing an undesirable donor site appearance

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients aging 5 to 80 years.
• Soft Tissue defects following MCA injuries.
• Defect size less than 30 cm

Exclusion criteria

• Peripheral vascular disease
• Underling bone osteomyelitis
• Unhealthy skin of volatile aspect of donor forearm
• Defect more than 30 cm
• Ulnar artery previous ligated

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)