Microvascular tissue transfer in paediatric patients: analysis of 106 cases.
We report a series of 106 microvascular transplants performed in paediatric patients between 1973 and 1989. Eighty-eight percent of these flaps were successful. Two of the 13 failed flaps (1.9%) in this series were lost because of small vessel size. Otherwise, success rates (93% in the last 5 years) and complications were comparable to our adult cases. No growth-related complications were noted either in recipient or donor sites. We conclude that microvascular transplantation is a reliable procedure in children.
Microsurgical Replantation Transplantation Department, Davies Medical Center, San Francisco, California 94114.
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Canales
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Furnas
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Whitney
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Siko
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Alpert
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Buncke
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Buncke
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*