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Free flaps for reconstruction of the lower back and sacral area

✍ Scribed by Shyh-Jinn Hung; Hung-Chi Chen; Fu-Chan Wei

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Weight: 328 KB
Volume: 20
Category: Article
ISSN: 0738-1085
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2752(2000)20:2<72::aid-micr5>3.0.co;2-1

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✦ Synopsis

Free flap reconstruction of the lower back and sacrum is complicated by a paucity of recipient vessels and difficulties in postoperative care. From 1983 to 1997, six patients with intractable wounds of the lower back and sacral area were treated with free flaps. The flaps used were latissimus dorsi (three), combined latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior (one), and filleted leg tissue (two). The recipient vessels were the deep femoral vessels, the perforator vessels of the deep femoral system, the inferior epigastric vessels, and the superior gluteal and inferior gluteal vessels. The patients were observed in the intensive care unit for 1 week and kept in prone position for 4 weeks. All flaps survived and wounds healed primarily. For large or multiple defects of the lower back and sacrum, free tissue transfer is effective in achieving primary healing, particularly when local flaps are inadequate or have failed.

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