Classification and treatment of the degloving hand / 中华显微外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the classification and treatment of the degloving hand.Methods All 68 degloving hand treated between January, 2005 and December, 2014 in our department were reviewed.The cases were divided into three types according to the extent of the injury.Type Ⅰ the degloving tissue had enough blood supply which was debrided and stitched.Type Ⅱ the degloving tissue had less or no blood supply which was revascularized with replantation or vein anastomosis, some degloving palm or dorsum resurfaced the wound by the degloving skin graft.Type Ⅲ the degloving tissue had no blood supply or severely damaged,the tissue defect should be resurfaced with other tissue reconstruction.Type Ⅱ and Ⅲ were further divided into subtype A, B and C depending on the degloving scope and location, each subtype has its own surgical procedure.Results The total survival rate was 83.8％.The survival rate decreased with the increasing extent of the injury and the increasing degloving scope.Conclusion Classification of the hand degloving injuries depending on the extent of the injury, the degloving scope and location is useful for the assessment of injury and the selection of proper operation procedures.