Can J Plast Surg
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High-voltage electrical burns involving the extremities may cause marked loss of skin and subcutaneous tissue exposing underlying bone and tendon. Treatment of electrical burns has historically involved serial debridement with late wound closure. Success has been reported with the use of microvascular free-flap transfer within three days of injury. ⋯ Delay of microvascular free-flap coverage beyond the previously published three-day protocol may not dramatically affect treatment success.
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Extensor pollicis longus (EPL) tendon ruptures have been treated succesfully with the transfer of the extensor indicis proprius (EIP) tendon. Situations exist in which, due to intraoperative observations, another tendon transfer may be considered preferable to the standard EIP transfer method. ⋯ These case reports suggest that either index finger tendon may be successfully transferred in EPL tendon ruptures.