An anterior-lateral thigh perforator flap on a recipient brachial-radial vein graft for complex wound reconstruction: A case report
✍ Scribed by Marco Romeo; Giuseppe Cuccia; Benedetto Manasseri; Gabriele Delia; Giovanni Risitano; Francesco Spinelli; Francesco Stagno D'Alcontres; Michele R. Colonna
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-1085
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A case of challenging microsurgical reconstruction of a difficult defect in a radiated upper limb is reported. A difficult wound, with tendon and bone exposition, developed on the dorsum of the forearm in a 76‐year‐old patient; she had been radiated since almost 50 years and her left hand had also been revascularized twice with venous grafts between the humeral artery and the superficial palmar arch. After failure of a local flap, an anterior‐lateral thigh perforator flap was successfully transferred with end‐to‐side anastomoses on the arterialized venous graft. Up to date follow‐up shows a good outcome. The Authors discuss the case and review the indications for microsurgical reconstruction in difficult wounds after radiation and ischemic limb conditions. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Microsurgery, 2009.