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Tissue Expansion for Apert’s Syndactyly

From the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, UK

Correspondence: Duffield Ashmead, MD, 85 Seymour Street, #816 Hartford, CT 06106, USA.

Tissue expansion is useful in post-traumatic reconstruction in the upper extremity. Its use has also been proposed in congenital syndactyly. Expanded local skin flaps would in theory provide locally appropriate cover, obviating the need for skin grafts. We report a retrospective assessment of tissue expansion in the management of Apert’s syndactyly. Despite theoretical benefits, tissue expansion significantly increased the required number of operations. The technique was associated with an unacceptable rate of complications, and generated inadequate skin flaps, and web spaces requiring a higher rate of revision than traditional techniques. Despite expectations, tissue expansion for Apert’s syndactyly proved disappointing and is not advocated.

Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume), Vol. 20, No. 3, 327-330 (1995)
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(05)80087-7


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