Clinical salvage of three failing skin flaps by treatment with a vasodilator drug.
We present 3 clinical cases, one skin flap and two myocutaneous flaps, in which we believe postoperative treatment with isoxsuprine resulted in the salvage of considerable areas that would otherwise have necrosed.
D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery; D005452:Fluoresceins; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007556:Isoxsuprine / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009132:Muscles / Q000637:transplantation; D009336:Necrosis; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use
D005452:Fluoresceins; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D007556:Isoxsuprine