The four-poster halo vest for protection of a microvascular free-tissue transfer reconstruction of the scalp.
Use of a four-poster halo and corset jacket provides complete protection, access, and mobility for patients undergoing free-flap scalp reconstruction. This technique was used in a patient who required a total scalp reconstruction with a compound latissimus/serratus muscle free flap with good success. The case and technique are presented for review.
Wooden
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Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center of Eastern Carolina, Greenville, N.C.
Curtsinger
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LJ
Jones
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D000368:Aged; D001915:Braces; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D016267:External Fixators; D006257:Head; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation