• Hand clinics · Nov 2012

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    Advances in treating skin defects of the hand: skin substitutes and negative-pressure wound therapy.

    • Andrew J Watt, Jeffrey B Friedrich, and Jerry I Huang.
    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, University of Washington, WA, USA. ajwatt50@gmail.com
    • Hand Clin. 2012 Nov 1; 28 (4): 519-28.

    AbstractSurgeons and scientists have been developing alternative methods of hand reconstruction that may play an adjunctive role to, or completely supplant, more traditional reconstructive modalities. This article provides an overview of these emerging techniques, with an emphasis on skin substitutes and negative-pressure wound therapy as they apply to the treatment of soft tissue defects of the hand. The indications, contraindications, and relative advantages and disadvantages of these techniques are discussed in detail.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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