title: Long-term follow-up of a patient with Romberg's disease reconstructed with free groin flaps.
abstract: Sixteen years ago the result of an operation that was performed on a 5-year-old boy with Romberg's disease was described in this journal. Nineteen years have passed since the first operation, and the authors now report the long-term follow-up. The volume of the transferred free groin flaps was maintained. Although these flaps covered the patient's atrophic tissues as vascularized tissues, these flaps could not normalize the atrophy of the surrounding tissues, especially the bone. As for the orbital content, bony atrophy was more remarkable than the other tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe City, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wakamatsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harashina
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okumoto
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D002610:Cheek / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D018450:Disease Progression; D005150:Facial Hemiatrophy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006119:Groin; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D016896:Treatment Outcome