SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF CONTRACTURE AND SYNDACTYLY OF CHILDREN WITH EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA

Citation
Si. Vozdvizhensky et Vi. Albanova, SURGICAL-TREATMENT OF CONTRACTURE AND SYNDACTYLY OF CHILDREN WITH EPIDERMOLYSIS-BULLOSA, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 46(4), 1993, pp. 314-316
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
46
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
314 - 316
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1993)46:4<314:SOCASO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A new approach to the operative treatment of syndactyly and contractur e of the hands of children with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bul losa is described. It is based upon the principle of surgical release of fingers allowing spontaneous epithelialisation of skin wounds witho ut using skin grafts. Nineteen children had operations using this meth od, with an incidence of recurrence of 53%. This method has the advant age of a short operating time, simple technique and limited trauma.