Flaps in Hand and Upper Limb Reconstruction

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A) BASIC KNOWLEDGE

I) SURGICAL ANATOMY OF THE UPPER LIMB

1. Functional, aesthetic and social aspects of the Upper Limb

2. Systematic and Topography of the Upper Limb

3. Skin Lines at the Upper Limb

4. Functional Units and Subunits at the Upper Limb

5. Concept of "Low-Resistance Zones" at the Upper Limb

6. Concept of "Functional Unit Soft Tissues/Bone

II) GENERALITIES IN FLAP SURGERY

1. Skin flaps

2. Fascia flaps

3. Muscle flaps

4. Bone flaps (vascularized bone grafts)

5. Compound flaps

B) FLAPS AND FURTHER TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR COVERAGE OF SOFT TISSUE AND BONE DEFECTS AT THE UPPER LIMB

I) FLAPS

1. Skin Flaps

2. Fascia Flaps

3. Muscle-Flaps

4. Bone Flaps (Vascularised Bone Grafts)

5. Conpound Flaps

II) FURTHER TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR COVERAGE OF SOFT TISSUE AND BONE DEFECTS AT THE UPPER LIMB

C) PRE-AND POSTOPERATIVE ADDITIONAL THERAPY

I) BASIC PRINCIPLES AND GOALS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AT THE UPPER LIMB REGION

II) BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SCAR TREATMENT

III) BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PROSTHETICS

D) REGIONAL DIFFERENTIAL THERAPY

I) BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DEFECT MANAGEMENT AT THE UPPER LIMB: - THE COMBINED HAND AND UPPER LIMB CLINIC

1. Diagnostic

2. Classification 3 Decision-making: Selection of the "optimal treatment" for the individual patient

4. Anesthesia

5. "Integrative Treatment Concept"

II) ISOLATED SKIN DEFECT AT THE UPPER LIMB 1 Shoulder

2. Upper Arm

3. Elbow

4. Forearm

5. Hand

III) NAIL AND NAILBED DEFECTS

1. Primary Care

2. Secondary Surgery

IV) THE COMBINED SOFT TISSUE/JOINT DEFECT AT THE UPPER LIMB

1. Gleno-humeral joint

2. Elbow joint

3. Wrist

4. Finger joints

V) THE COMBINED SOFT TISSUE/BONE DEFECT AT THE UPPER LIMB

1. Preoperative Management

2. Classification

3. Treatment

V) AMPUTATION AND AMPUTATION-LIKE INJURIES AT THE UPPER LIMB000

1. Macroamputation

Prof. Dr. Robert Hierner Plastische, Ästhetische, Wiederherstellungs- und Hand-Chirurgie Stiftung Bethanien Krankenhaus Moers Bethanienstrasse 21 47441 Moers Prof. Dr. Reinhard Putz Emeritus Vorstand des Anatomischen Instituts Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Pettenkoferstrasse 11 80336 München Allen T. Bishop, MD Chair, Division of Hand Surgery Department of Orthopedic Surgery Mayo Clinic 200 1st St. SW Rochester, MN 55905 USA Zunli Shen, MD,Ph.D Professor and Director Department of Plastic, Hand and Aesthetic Surgery Shanghai First Peoples Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University No.100, Hai Ning Road Shanghai 200080 China Prof. Dr. Klaus Wilhelm Emeritus Handchirurgie München