The Vilkki Procedure as an emergency treatment in an apocalyptical hand injury - a case report and first description

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2017 Nov 15;4(1):96-98. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2017.1403289. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

We describe a young man who suffered a severe mutilating injury of the hand and forearm while working as a cheesemaker. He underwent a complex reconstruction of his right adominant hand including a heterotopic thumb replantation into the distal radius and combined with an emergency flow-through anterolateral thigh flap.

Keywords: Vilkki-Procedure; anterolateral thigh (ALT) flap; emergency free flap; flow-through flap; mutilating injury.

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  • Case Reports