Postoperative care of a retrograde cuff avulsion injury of finger skin treated by microsurgical reimplantation

Abstract

Sheath avulsion of finger skin is a serious acute occupational hand injury. Most of them are mechanical injuries, which are difficult to deal with clinically, have many complications, and can lead to serious hand deformities and dysfunction. Microsurgical replantation is the main treatment for finger skin retrograde sleeve avulsion injury, but postoperative fine nursing and scientific personalized vocational rehabilitation are the key to affect the surgical effect and patients' return to society and work. In this paper, 16 patients with retrograde sheath avulsion of finger skin were followed up for 6-12 months. The motor function of the injured finger was evaluated by total active motion of patient finger (TAM) , and the effect of postoperative fine nursing measures was analyzed.