One-stage reconstruction of both the biceps brachii and triceps brachii tendons using a free anterolateral thigh flap with a fascial flap.
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.
Muneuchi
Gan
G
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kagawa Medical University, Japan.
Suzuki
Shigehiko
S
Ito
Osamu
O
Saso
Yasumi
Y
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