Fingertip and thumb tip wounds

• Verfasst von: Germann, Günter [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hrabowski, Manuel [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Fingertip and thumb tip wounds
• Titelzusatz: changing algorithms for sensation, aesthetics, and function
• Verf.angabe: Günter Germann MD, PhD; Klaus D. Rudolf, MD; Scott L. Levin, MD; Manuel Hrabowski, MD
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: 31 March 2017
• Umfang: 11 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 14.05.2018
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The journal of hand surgery / European volume
• Ort Quelle: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2007
• Jahr Quelle: 2017
• Band/Heft Quelle: 42(2017), 4, Seite 274-284
• ISSN Quelle: 2043-6289
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jhsa.2017.01.022
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Finger
• Sach-SW: tip injuries
• Sach-SW: treatment concepts
• K10plus-PPN: 1575004216

Abstract

Management of fingertip and thumb tip injuries has recently undergone substantial changes. The time-proven traditional armamentarium of local flaps has been expanded and replaced by a wide variety of flaps. Simultaneous with the development of new flaps, the conservative treatment of fingertip and thumb tip injuries with semiocclusive dressings has also become a more acceptable treatment for these injuries. The excellent results with respect to restoring contour, sensibility of the pulp, and aesthetics of the finger justify this more tedious and time-consuming treatment of fingertip and thumb tip injuries. This article gives an update of the most commonly used flaps and the semiocclusive dressing treatments of fingertip and thumb tip injuries.