NCT02167646

Bilaterally Innervated Sensory Dorsal Digital Flaps for Sensory Reconstruction of the Fingers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 73 (actual)
• Sponsor: The Second Hospital of Tangshan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Sensory coverage in the finger continues to be a challenging problem. This study reports sensory reconstruction of the fingers with the bilaterally innervated dorsal digital flaps and compares the results between the dual- and single-innervated flaps.The main evaluated outcomes are static 2-point discrimination and Semmes-Weinstein monofilament scores of the flap, fingertip pain and joint motion.

Detailed description

Pain was given subjectively by the patient using the visual analogue scale (VAS). The VAS consists of a 10 cm line that was grouped into mild (0-3 cm), moderate (4-6 cm) and severe (7-10 cm). Tinel's sign was rated as the following: grade 1=none; grade 2=mild, slight tingle; grade 3=moderate, very uncomfortable; and grade 4=severe, patient unable to use hand because of any stimulation of the neuroma.

Conditions

• Soft Tissue Injuries

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Flap including bilateral nerve branches	Two nerve branches are attached with the flap for sensory coverage

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2011-04-01
• Completion: 2013-08-01
• First posted: 2014-06-19
• Last updated: 2018-10-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China