Successful repair of flayed tissue in a degloving injury of the hand by arteriovenous anastomosis

Abstract

We report the case of a 43-year-old man who had a degloving injury of the left hand from a printer machine. There was no response to a pin prick test over the peripheral portion of the degloved skin, so a branch of a digital artery was selected for anastomosis to a subcutaneous vein, which resulted in survival of the degloved tissue with no signs of congestion. Postoperative care and rehabilitation were straightforward, and functional results.were satisfactory.

Key Words::

• Degloving
• arterial-venous shunt
• arterialisation
• microsurgery
• reconstruction
• trauma