Survival of a free musculocutaneous flap after early loss of arterial blood supply.
A 30 X 15 cm free musculocutaneous flap survived nearly completely when its supplying artery was ligated on the 17th postoperative day to control bleeding from a ruptured septic aneurysm. Similar cases in the literature are reviewed and the factors influencing flap survival are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries; D003250:Constriction; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013977:Tibia / Q000098:blood supply; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000601:surgery*