Journal article
Semi-occlusive dressing for the treatment of fingertip amputations with exposed bone: quantity and quality of soft-tissue regeneration.
- Hoigné D Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland dominik.hoigne@kssg.ch.
- Hug U Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Schürch M Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
- Meoli M Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
- von Wartburg U Division of Hand and Plastic Surgery, Cantonal Hospital, Lucerne, Switzerland.
- 2013-05-23
Published in:
- The Journal of hand surgery, European volume. - 2014
Amputation
fingertip
semi-occlusive
soft tissue regeneration
Adult
Aged
Amputation, Traumatic
Female
Finger Injuries
Fingers
Humans
Hypertrophy
Male
Middle Aged
Occlusive Dressings
Regeneration
English
Nineteen fingertip amputations with exposed bone were treated with a semi-occlusive dressing. The quantity and quality of the regenerated soft tissue was examined. In all 19 fingers there was sufficient uncomplicated healing such that secondary surgical procedures were not needed. At follow-up 6-18 months after the injury, soft tissue thickness around the bone of the distal phalanx measured 6.0 mm (SD 1.6) on the palmar aspect (opposite side 7.0 mm (SD 0.8)) and 4.2 mm (SD 1.7) distally (opposite side 4.5 mm (SD 0.8)). The two-point discrimination was 4 mm (SD 2) (opposite side 3 mm (SD 1)). The skin healed almost without scarring and the dermal ridges reformed. The regeneration of the soft tissue thickness to almost 90% of its former extent is higher than we expected.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.1177/1753193413489639
- PMID 23695151
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/239170
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