An arterialised venous flap using the long saphenous vein.
Free arterialised venous flaps and an arterialised osteocutaneous venous flap, fed by an arterialised long saphenous vein, were used successfully in three cases. This flap has a larger skin territory than those previously reported and the incorporation of bone into such a flap has not been reported before.
Koshima
I
I
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Soeda
S
S
Nakayama
Y
Y
Fukuda
H
H
Tanaka
J
J
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000601:surgery; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D013977:Tibia / Q000637:transplantation; D014059:Tongue / Q000601:surgery