Reconstruction of a defect after harvesting a radial forearm flap using a narrow pedicled paraumbilical perforator-based subdermal vascular network (super-thin) flap.
The radial forearm flap is one of the most reliable flaps, but it has serious cosmetic donor site morbidity. We therefore reconstruct the defect after harvesting a radial forearm flap using a narrow pedicled paraumbilical perforator-based subdermal vascular network (super-thin) flap to overcome this problem.
Murakami
Masahiro
M
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School Hospital, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan. masa2@nms.ac.jp
Hyakusoku
Hiko
H
D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005542:Forearm / Q000601:surgery; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology