Role, Management, and Outcome of Free Flap Reconstruction for Acute Full-Thickness Burns in Hands

Conclusions Free flap transfer can be a mandatory and valuable tool to cover full-thickness burn injuries of the hand early in the clinical course of thermal trauma and may provide extremity salvage by favorable means of reconstruction to achieve acceptable functional outcomes, in the most severe cases. Although microsurgical failure rates in burn patients are slightly higher than in free flap transfer to the upper extremity in general, it can be performed with reasonable risk-to-benefit ratio.
Source: Annals of Plastic Surgery - Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: Burn Surgery and Research Source Type: research