Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results

Volume: 40 Number: 2 September 11, 2006
  • Turker Ozkan
  • Fatih Kabakas
  • Atakan Aydin
  • Bulent Yaprak
  • Etfal Gudemez
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Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results

Abstract

Objectives: We evaluated the long-term results of patients who underwent reconstruction with pedicled flaps for soft tissue and sensory restoration. Methods: The study included 30 patients (26 males, 4 females; mean age 33 years; range 16 to 62 years) who underwent sensory restorations of the thumb (n=24), the index finger (n=3), and the little finger (n=3). Twenty-seven patients received neurovascular island flaps and three patients received radial innervated cross-finger flaps. Disconnection-reconnection of the nerve was performed in 11 patients receiving a neurovascular island flap. Sensory evaluations were made with two-point discrimination and the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test. The mean follow-up was 29.2 months (range 5 to 144 months). Results: There were no cases of flap loss. Contractures of donor digits were seen in four patients (14.8%) treated with neurovascular island flaps. Neuroma formation was noted in two patients (18.2%) in whom the disconnection-reconnection technique was used. Static and moving two-point discrimination test results were 9.1 mm and 7.4 mm with the disconnection-reconnection technique, 8.3 mm and 7 mm with the original technique, and 10.3 mm and 8.6 mm with radial innervated cross finger flaps, respectively. Sensation was at the recipient site in all the patients who underwent disconnection-reconnection. Of those in whom the original technique was employed, nine patients (56.3%) localized sensation at the recipient site, three patients (18.8%) at the donor site, while four patients (25%) showed double sensibility. Conclusion: Pedicled flaps are reliable and satisfactory alternatives for soft tissue and sensory restoration of hand injuries and disconnection-reconnection of the nerve is effective in preventing double sensibility.

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Turker Ozkan This is me

Fatih Kabakas This is me

Atakan Aydin This is me

Bulent Yaprak This is me

Etfal Gudemez This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 7, 2014

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Year 2006 Volume: 40 Number: 2

APA
Ozkan, T., Kabakas, F., Aydin, A., Yaprak, B., & Gudemez, E. (2006). Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 40(2), 117-122. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.604
AMA
1.Ozkan T, Kabakas F, Aydin A, Yaprak B, Gudemez E. Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40(2):117-122. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.604
Chicago
Ozkan, Turker, Fatih Kabakas, Atakan Aydin, Bulent Yaprak, and Etfal Gudemez. 2006. “Pedicled Flap Procedures for Sensory Restoration of the Hand: Long-Term Results”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 (2): 117-22. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.604.
EndNote
Ozkan T, Kabakas F, Aydin A, Yaprak B, Gudemez E (September 1, 2006) Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 2 117–122.
IEEE
[1]T. Ozkan, F. Kabakas, A. Aydin, B. Yaprak, and E. Gudemez, “Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 117–122, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v40i2.604.
ISNAD
Ozkan, Turker - Kabakas, Fatih - Aydin, Atakan - Yaprak, Bulent - Gudemez, Etfal. “Pedicled Flap Procedures for Sensory Restoration of the Hand: Long-Term Results”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40/2 (September 1, 2006): 117-122. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.604.
JAMA
1.Ozkan T, Kabakas F, Aydin A, Yaprak B, Gudemez E. Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40:117–122.
MLA
Ozkan, Turker, et al. “Pedicled Flap Procedures for Sensory Restoration of the Hand: Long-Term Results”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 2, Sept. 2006, pp. 117-22, doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.604.
Vancouver
1.Turker Ozkan, Fatih Kabakas, Atakan Aydin, Bulent Yaprak, Etfal Gudemez. Pedicled flap procedures for sensory restoration of the hand: long-term results. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;40(2):117-22. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.604