SURGICAL METHOD FOR TREATING THE CASES OF OSTEAL PANARITIUM OF DISTAL PHALANX OF THE THIRD FINGER WITH FINGER TIP DEFECT Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves carrying out purulent necrotic focus sequestrectomy, immobilizing and carrying out general antibacterial therapy. The third finger bone and soft tissue defect formed after performing sequestrectomy is closed with skin-and-fat graft on neurovascular pedicle cut from lateral radial surface of the fourth finger middle phalanx on the same hand. Curative mobilization of the third and the fourth fingers is carried out using wires with desegregation and spasmolytic therapy applied first. Feeding pedicle is cut from donor finger at the second stage after blocking the pyo-inflammatory process and adherence of the transplanted graft to the recipient bed of the third finger. Microvascular and microneural anastomosis is carried out is carried out between neurovascular flap fascicles and recipient finger. EFFECT: stopped inflammation process; repaired finger anatomy and function. 2 dwg