=====Secondary Surgery after Extremity Trauma===== ====Introduction==== ===Classification of secondary surgery=== from [[jnl:rajasabapathy2013]] * repair of structures not primarily repaired * promote healing/enhance function e.g. malunion, nonunion, tenolysis * enhance function - arthrodesis, bone lengthening, tendon transfers etc. ==== Replantation ==== * [[jnl:rajasabapathy2013|Replantation - secondary surgery]] * Rate of secondary surgery in replantation is high, and may be multiple * In replantation - try to do everything primarily -- hard to comeback to do secondary recon * Timing - 3 months - supple skin -- can be delayed by wound problems; junction of native and flap skin is issue for tendon grafts. * Flexion more important than extension * Jupiter - good results with tenolysis in replantation 72 degrees to 130 degrees; Yu 119-159 ====Cases==== 25 Female MVA Initial treatment at a different hospital - external fixation and debridement; came infected - overall goal - preserve upper limb and maximise function of hand and upper limb D0: debridement and external fixation --> infection D7-30+: multiple debridements, shortening, fixation with plates and screws Secondary procedures - 7 months: Restore passive motion of forearm and digits before tendon transfer --> take down of radioulnar synostosis, MCPJ captulectomy, removal of radial plates - 9 months: tendon transfers - IF FDS to FPL, MF FDS to IF & MF FDP, RF FDS to RF & SF FDP - complicated by recurrence of HO -- 11 months: re-excision of HO & release of contracture; FFMT gracilis for finger extension - 19 months: MF, RF, SF captulectomy, arthrolysis, scar revision - outstanding issues: loss of supination ====Psychological adaptation==== * Bradway and Malone * Limited information - UE only < 10% of all amputations * psychiatric intervention needed only for minority * Stages * preop - anticipation/ grief * immediate postop - early acceptance not necessarily good, more optimism in life threatening ijuries * with rehabilitation - denial * at home - critical phase; learn to adapt or stuck in denial * Guidelines in managing * start pre-op * Amputation as a "reconstructive" procedure ====Alternatives to secondary reconstruction==== * [[jnl:pinzur1994|Functional outcome following traumatic upper limb amputation and prosthetic limb fitting]] * early fitting better results * compare with [[jnl:chevrier1956]]: lower usage rate at follow up ? because of long interval between diagnosis and referral; but group also different (not just trauma) ====Options==== ===Pollicization=== [[md:trauma_pollicization|Pollicization]] * used less in microsurgical age * may be best option * nearer to CMCJ * disadvantages * sensation - still IF * loss of digit == Planning == * IF by far most common - but can use other digits * consider if injured other digits Binhammer and Lister's article is quite good * tendon transfer for opposition - FDS RF * Fixation * shortening - distally or proximally -- ? length * check circulation ===Thumb lengthening=== Ivan Matev's chapter in Foucher's book: * 50% easy, 80% possible, sometimes 100% in young * young - slower (1mm /d) but more lengthening * older - more likely bone graft (45-60 days) if no good callus - in situ * problems - union, angulation, infection, MCPJ flexion * need good skin first * can paint nail * make sure CMCJ is good, skin at tip is good first, sometimes need to deepen/widen web ===Osteoplastic thumb reconstruction== * flap - groin/abdominal vs radial forearm * size: 6-7 cm * 1-2 cm shortening * avoid circular seam - either oval or zig-zag * seam in palmar side of "thumb" * bone - iliac crest, tibia, radius * make thumb slightly shorter than other side * bone fixation --> wedge into MC/P1 * neurovascular island flap - ulnar side of MF * ulnar side of RF * make sure it is big enough * nerve repair +/- * Staging - 3 vs 2 vs 1 stage ==Issues== * sensory recovery * flap necrosis * bone graft resorption - related to flap ====Outcomes in mutilating hand injuries ==== * see [[jnl:giladi2016]] * MSK Trauma big burden -- especially developing countries * need for outcome measures -- move towards PROMs * PROMs context specific -- different countries and cultures --> different * disability vs impairment -- measures don't map well * different PROMs don't correlate well too * individualized treatment - need shared decision making ====References==== - Bradway, J. 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