Death of tissue and/or deep infection leading to amputation is not an uncommon course of events after massive crush injuries of the central part of the hand. Management of this injury faces the dual problem of having to carry out debridement in the central part of the hand which is radical enough to remove all dead tissue but which, in itself, creates a huge dead space in the depths of the wound. Inadequate debridement and/or leaving a dead space which fills with fluid and detritus behind the flexor tendons leads on to infection, devascularisation of the fingers and amputation. This paper presents the results of very radical debridement of the hand dorsal to the flexor tendons, including the intermetacarpal spaces, and filling the dead space with a well-vascularised free muscle flap in two hands which were referred in a pre-amputation stage, with one already being infected. Both hands were salvaged.
El propósito de este trabajo es presentar un método para realizar las osteotomías intraarticulares con control visual.
Método: Utilizamos los abordajes dorsales clásicos de artroscopia (3-4, 6-R) además de un portal volar radial (VR). Para visualizar la articulación radiocarpiana recurrimos sólo a la tracción sin irrigar con agua. Las osteotomías se efectuaron con osteotomos de 4 mm introducidos por los portales y bajo control visual por la óptica del artroscopio. Una vez finalizada la refractura se movilizaron y fijaron los fragmentos desplazadas mediante tornillos o placas, obteniendo en todos los casos escalones próximos a 0mm.
Conclusiones: Este procedimiento permite realizar la partición de los fragmentos por los trazos originales de fractura. La clave de esta intervención es realizar la artroscopia sin agua (técnica seca) que permite una visión nítida y la ejecución de las osteotomías sin extravasación de agua, ni pérdidas de visión.
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