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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 39, 2005 - Issue 5
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CASE REPORT

Aluminum foil treatment combined with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) for gangrene of the fingertip caused by collagen disease

Gan Muneuchi Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa University, KagawaCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Shigehiko Suzuki Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
&
Hiroharu H. Igawa Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa University, Kagawa
Pages 312-314 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009
 
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Abstract

Although basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is used for the treatment of various intractable ulcers, there have been no reports of using it for gangrene of the fingertips caused by collagen diseases. We successfully treated gangrene as a result of malignant rheumatoid arthritis with aluminum foil combined with bFGF.

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