An Update on the Management of Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand.

The main goals of treating severe crush injuries are debriding away devitalized tissue and filling any resultant dead space with vascularized tissue. In the authors' experience, the most ideal methods for soft tissue coverage in treating crush injuries are the iliac flap, the adipofascial lateral arm flap, and the gracilis flap. Accompanying bone defects respond very well to free corticoperiosteal flaps. Digital defects often require the use of complete or subtotal toe transfer to avoid amputation and restore function to the hand. Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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Francisco Del Piñal. An Update on the Management of Severe Crush Injury to the Forearm and Hand. Clinics in plastic surgery. 2020 Oct;47(4):461-489

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PMID: 32892795

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