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  • Title: Bilateral side finger transposition flaps in the treatment of chronic postburn flexion contractures of the fingers.
    Author: Acikel C, Peker F, Yuksel F, Ulkur E.
    Journal: Ann Plast Surg; 2002 Oct; 49(4):344-9. PubMed ID: 12370637.
    Abstract:
    The authors present a surgical method of releasing postburn flexion contracture of the finger by two separate transverse incisions and covering the skin defects by transposing two random-pattern flaps from both sides of the finger. One of the proximally based flaps was transposed from one side of the proximal phalanx and the other flap was transposed from the opposite side of the middle phalanx. Because the flaps were raised from different sides of different phalanxes, the donor sites were closed primarily. A total of 37 fingers (14 hands, 11 patients) were treated with this method. The patients were all men aged 20 to 24 years old. The mean follow-up period was 9 months. The lack of extension of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the fingers was improved by approximately 45 deg using the described method. The authors conclude that this method can be used effectively in the treatment of mild to moderate postburn flexion contractures of the fingers.
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