TY - JOUR
T1 - Coverage of Hand Defects with Exposed Tendons
T2 - The Use of Dermal Regeneration Template
AU - Melamed, Eitan
AU - Melone, Charles P.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Soft tissue defects associated with exposed tendon pose difficult reconstructive problems because of tendon adhesions, poor range of motion, poor cosmetic appearance, and donor site morbidity. Dermal regeneration template is a skin substitute widely used in reconstructive surgery, including the occasional coverage of tendons. However, postoperative functionality of the tendons has not been well documented. We report a case of using dermal regeneration template for soft tissue reconstruction overlying tendons with loss of paratenon in a patient with Dupuytren's contracture. Dermal regeneration template may offer an alternative option for immediate tendon coverage in the hand.
AB - Soft tissue defects associated with exposed tendon pose difficult reconstructive problems because of tendon adhesions, poor range of motion, poor cosmetic appearance, and donor site morbidity. Dermal regeneration template is a skin substitute widely used in reconstructive surgery, including the occasional coverage of tendons. However, postoperative functionality of the tendons has not been well documented. We report a case of using dermal regeneration template for soft tissue reconstruction overlying tendons with loss of paratenon in a patient with Dupuytren's contracture. Dermal regeneration template may offer an alternative option for immediate tendon coverage in the hand.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85054740533
U2 - 10.12788/ajo.2018.0030
DO - 10.12788/ajo.2018.0030
M3 - Article
C2 - 29883510
AN - SCOPUS:85054740533
SN - 1078-4519
VL - 47
JO - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
JF - American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
IS - 5
ER -