Long-Term Outcomes of Web Creep, Scar Quality, and Function After Simple Syndactyly Surgical Treatment

Análise casuística da sindactilia congênita: experiência com 47 pacientes

“…Deunk et al 4 reported in 2003 a case series of 27 patients over 21 years. Lumenta et al 11 in 2010 published their experience on 26 syndactylies in 19 patients over a period of 42 years. Greuse et al 12 in 2001 reported the evaluation of 16 patients presenting 24 syndactylies in two years.…”

Behandling av medfødte sammenvokste fingre

“…Development of web creep occurred in two of 26 interdigital web spaces with the full-skin transplant technique after an 18-year follow-up period. (21). For the skin graft-free technique, long-term results after more than ten years' follow-up show a somewhat higher occurrence of the development of web creep (22).…”

Retroauricular full-thickness skin grafts in syndactyly repair: outcome and comparison with inguinal full-thickness skin grafts: retrospective (cross-sectional) study

“…Various complications have been described in the literature, such as graft failure, flap necrosis [5], web creeping [1], skin graft dysmaturation, keloid formation, joint instability or deformity [3,5], and growth of pubic hair on FTSGs [1][2][3], but none of these were detected in patients of either of our FTSG groups. However, a hypertrophic scar and a slight scar contraction at the recipient site were each found once in the inguinal FTSG group.…”

“…The use of inguinal skin grafts [1][2][3] and skin grafts from the cubital fossa [4] are both well established, whereas the retroauricular FTSG for syndactyly repair has been mentioned only once, in an article published by Hong-Il et al [7] in 2014. They showed a good colour match and high patients' and doctors' satisfaction with the donor and recipient sites [7].…”

“…The inguinal region [1][2][3], the cubital fossa [4], and the wrist are well-established donor sites for these FTSGs. However, donor sites on the arm result in visible scars, and inguinal FTSGs may show distinctive differences in colour match and bear the risk of hair growth in puberty [5].…”