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Volume 13 Issue 1 (January) 2024

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Salvaging The Amputated Non-Viable Finger Using Degloved Amputated Part and Groin Flap Cover Technique in a Tertiary Care Centre, Tamil Nadu, India
Dr K.P. Ganesh Kumar, Dr M. Menaga

Background: Degloving injury is characterised by the avulsion of skin from the underlying structures. Groin flap cover is one of the techniques used in the management of degloving injuries. The objective of this study is to describe the cases where there was salvaging the amputated non-viable finger using degloved amputated part and groin flap cover technique. Methods: The present study is a descriptive study carried out in the plastic surgery department of a tertiary care hospital in Tamilnadu. The study was carried out over a period of one year between January 2023 to December 2023. The data for the study was collected using a pretested proforma. All the cases admitted to the department with degloved injury of the hand and were treated using groin flap cover technique was included into the study. The data was collected using a semi structured proforma and summarised in the form of table. Result: 5 patients (83.3%) were males. The age group ranged between 25 to 43 years. K wire and ipsilateral sandwich was performed in two. For one participant index finger PIPJ repair and ipsilateral sandwich was performed. With regard to flap division, for two cases it was performed at the 3rd week and in remaining four in fourth week. One participant developed partial graft necrosis. Conclusion: The groin flap as described in the present study produced good outcomes among the participants in whom it was performed with very few developing complications.

 
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