Reconstruction of a postraumatic radial club hand with a free fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap and Sauve-Kapandji procedure-A case report

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Radial club hand may be congenital or acquired; radial deviation of the hand is usually found, associated with palmar flexion-pronation and treatment of severe forms of radial club hand is often difficult. Here we present a case of reconstruction of a severe postraumatic radial club hand with a free fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap and Sauve-Kapandji procedure in a 28-year-old man. The patient had a radial deviation of the wrist and right upper limb shortening as a result of an infected pseudarthrosis of the radius. This deformity was reconstructed with a free fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap associated to arthrodesis of the distal radioulnar joint and an ulnar resection osteotomy proximal to the arthrodesis in order to restore rotation of the forearm (Sauvé-Kapandji procedure). The flap fully survived and no complications were seen in the early postoperative period at both recipient and donor sites. Radius alignment was restored. At 5-month follow-up, the skeleton was healed. There was minimal osteopenia at the distal radial segment. Wrist extension was 48 degrees, flexion 24 degrees, and pronation-supination was 58-0-48 degrees, with full finger flexion. The patient could hold a 4 kg dumbbell with the elbow flexed without discomfort. His DASH score-Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire was 15.83. Combined free fibular osteoseptocutaneous flap and Sauve-Kapandji procedure may be considered in severe forms of postraumatic radial club hand, however, further data are necessary. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microsurgery 36:593-597, 2016.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

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Microsurgery - 36(2016), 7 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 593-597

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Horta, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]
Nascimento, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]
Silva, Alvaro [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Negrão, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
São-Simão, Ricardo [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Jorge [VerfasserIn]
Santos Silva, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Amarante, Jose [VerfasserIn]

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Case Reports
Procedure
Radial club hand
Reconstruction
Sauve-Kapandji
Vascularized free fibula

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Date Completed 30.06.2017

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/micr.30087

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NLM262897717