title: One-stage reconstruction of both the biceps brachii and triceps brachii tendons using a free anterolateral thigh flap with a fascial flap.
abstract: An avulsed elbow with severe degloving and crush injury was reconstructed in a 66-year-old man. The biceps brachii was completely transected, and the triceps brachii tendon was partly transected. In addition, the skin around the elbow had become totally necrotic. Four weeks after the injury, a free anterolateral thigh flap with a fascial flap was transplanted to reconstruct both the biceps brachii and triceps brachii tendons simultaneously. Six months after the initial injury, the range of elbow motion had recovered to almost the same level as that before injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Gan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Muneuchi
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Yasumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saso
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001134:Arm Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D004550:Elbow / Q000601:surgery*; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013708:Tendon Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D000092464:Elbow Injuries