[Clinical application of the V-Y posterior thigh fasciocutaneous flap].
OBJECTIVE
To analyze the clinical applicability of one-stage treatment of single or multiple sores using the V-Y posterior thigh fasciocutaneous flap.


METHODS
Twenty patients were treated, having 25 ulcers in the gluteal and perineal regions, being 23 pressure ulcers, 1 perianal abscess and 1 perineal trauma. In all of the patients the repair was carried out with a fasciocutaneous flap from the posterior region of the thigh. The flap was made with a superior and lateral base, preserving the fasciocutaneous branches of the inferior gluteal arteries, first and second perforating, in the treatment of ischial ulcers. In the associations of the same with sacral ulcer, a fasciocutaneous extension from the gluteal region was added to the flap for a one and only surgical procedure. A superior and medial based flap was made, preserving the fasciocutaneous branch of the inferior gluteal artery in the treatment of the trochanteric ulcers. In the associations with sacral ulcer a fasciocutaneous extension from the gluteal region was added to the posterior thigh flap which permitted the closure of all ulcers in only one surgical procedure. In the associations of trochanteric and ischial ulcers a flap with a superior base was made, preserving the fasciocutaneous branch of the inferior gluteal artery.


RESULTS
There was no necrosis of the flap. The immediate complications were 3 infections, 1 dehiscences and 1 hematoma. In a follow-up period of 6 months to 29 months, with one patient being lost to follow up, there were 6 recurrences 6/24 (25.0%) in 5 patients 5/19 (26.32%).


CONCLUSIONS
We conclude that the posterior fasciocutaneous thigh flap, in V-Y, can be used with safety in the treatment of isolated or multiple ulcers in the gluteal and perineal regions.
Calil
J A
JA
Disciplina de Cirurgia Plástica, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP.
Ferreira
L M
LM
Neto
M S
MS
Castilho
H T
HT
Garcia
E B
EB
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013848:Thigh; D016896:Treatment Outcome