title: Omental free-tissue transfer: indications and results from personal experience.
abstract: Between 1987-2002, omental free-tissue transfer was used in 11 patients, aged 6-65 years (mean age, 37.6). The omentum was used for the treatment of brachial plexus injury pain (3 cases), Romberg's disease (1 case), defects of the extremities occurring with chronic obstructive arterial disease (2 cases), posttraumatic lesions (3 cases), and following oncological resections (2 cases). In 2 cases, omental tissue represented the secondary option, after the failure of muscular tissue transfer. In 2 patients, the omental tissue transfer helped to preserve the knee. There was 1 failure, followed by amputation of the thigh. Two patients died from their underlying disease 10 and 36 months, respectively, after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Clinic II, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Constantin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ciuce
authors.forename: Faghed
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Seddiq
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fodor
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Constantinescu
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Todoran
authors.forename: Aurel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Andercou
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Demco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008209:Lymphedema / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery