Clinical comparative study of dorsal flap of thumb and dorsal flap of index finger for the repair of thumb lesions
CHENG Jin-sheng
LI Jun-xia
ZHOU Yong-gang
WANG Hai-bin
LV Pin
Abstract：Objective To investigate the difference of clinical effects of dorsal side of thumb finger flap and dorsal side of index finger flap for the repair of thumb lesions .Methods Eighty patients with thumb lesions from May 2012 to May 2014 in our hospital were chosen and randomly divided into two groups: group A (40 patients) with dorsal flap of index finger and group B ( 40 patients ) with dorsal flap of thumb;and the satisfactory rate of sense,appearance,pain and touch and level of two-point discrimination of the two groups were compared .Results The satisfactory rate of thumb sense of group B was significant higher than group A (P<0.05).There was no sig-nificant difference in satisfactory rate of thumb appearance ,pain and touch between the two groups (P>0.05).The level of two-point discrimination of group B was less than group A with significant difference (P<0.05).Conclu-sion Compared with dorsal flap of index finger ,dorsal flap of thumb finger for the repair of thumb lesions can effi-ciently promote the recovery of sensory function of thumb and improve the postoperative appearance .
Keywords：skin injurythumbindex fingerdorsal flaprepair
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 108-110 )