6 results match your criteria: "Right Hospitals[Affiliation]"
Symbrachydactyly.
Indian J Plast Surg
February 2022
Department of Plastic, Hand and Microsurgery, Right Hospitals, Kilpauk, Chennai, India.
Article Synopsis
- Symbrachydactyly is a rare congenital condition where a child is born with short, webbed, or misshaped fingers, typically affecting one hand only.
- There is no set treatment plan for managing this condition, making early surgical intervention important for restoring hand function and appearance.
- The article reviews the author's experiences treating 19 children over a decade, highlighting procedures like thumb web creation and lengthening to enhance hand functionality and quality of life.
Omega Flap Technique: Revisiting Conventional Wisdom.
Hand (N Y)
November 2022
Right Hospitals, Chennai, India.
Various surgical techniques have been described for the release of syndactylized fingers. In our experience, the omega flap technique, which includes a dorsal truncated flap and an anchor incision on the volar side, stands out as a good technique to release syndactyly. Incidentally, in symbrachydactyly also, the fused digits can be released using this technique.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRestoration of Five Digit Hand in Type III B & C Thumb Hypoplasia-A Game Changer in Surgical Management.
Indian J Plast Surg
December 2020
Department of Plastic, Hand & Microsurgery, Right Hospitals, Kilpauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Hypoplasia of thumb is the second common congenital difference of the thumb, next only to duplication. It may occur as an isolated hand difference or as a part of radial longitudinal deficiency. In approximately 60% of these children, the radius shows hypoplasia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOur Definition of Propeller Flaps and Their Classification.
Semin Plast Surg
August 2020
Division of Plastic Surgery, Sacred Heart Campus, St. Luke's Hospital, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
The term was introduced for the first time by Hyakusoku to define an island flap, based on a subcutaneous pedicle hub, that was rotated 90 degrees to correct scar contractures due to burns. With the popularization of perforator flaps, the propeller movement was applied for the first time to a skin island vascularized only by an isolated perforator, and the terms and were used together. Thereafter, the surgical technique of propeller flaps evolved and new applications developed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVascular anomalies of the upper limb.
Indian J Plast Surg
May 2011
Emeritus Professor, Dr. MGR Medical University, Tamil Nadu, Medical Director, RIGHT Hospitals, Chennai, India.
Vascular anomalies of the upper extremity are a surgical challenge to the hand surgeons. The treatment modality varies with respect to the presentation, extent of the lesion, progression and their complications. Based on our experience in treating patients with vascular malformations, a protocol has been formulated for their management, which we have found to be very useful and successful.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe "Tokyo" consensus on propeller flaps.
Plast Reconstr Surg
February 2011
West Sussex, United Kingdom; Tokyo, Japan; Allentown, Pa.; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Kilpauk, Chennai, India; and Palermo, Italy From the Department of Plastic Surgery, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Nippon Medical School; Division of Plastic Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital and The Lehigh Valley Hospitals; Department of Plastic, Reconstructive Microsurgery, and Hand Surgery, National Hospital of Kyrgyzstan; Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Microsurgery Clinic, University of Medicine "Iuliu Hatieganu"; Plastic and Hand Surgery, Right Hospitals; Chirurgia Plastica e Ricostruttiva, Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche ed Oncologiche, Universita" degli Studi di Palermo; and Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
Background: Over the past few years, the use of propeller flaps, which base their blood supply on subcutaneous tissue or isolated perforators, has become increasingly popular. Because no consensus has yet been reached on terminology and nomenclature of the propeller flap, different and confusing uses of the term can be found in the literature.
Methods: In this article, the authors report the consensus on the definition and classification of propeller flaps reached by the authors that gathered at the First Tokyo Meeting on Perforator and Propeller Flaps in June of 2009.