title: Scalp reconstruction with free flaps using the external carotid artery and internal jugular vein as the recipient vessels without the need for interpositional vein grafts or arterio-venous loops.
abstract: The technique of lengthening of the pedicles of the rectus abdominus and latissimus dorsi free flaps are described in five patients. Lengthening of these pedicles allowed scalp reconstruction using the external carotid artery and internal jugular vein as the recipient vessels without the need for interpositional vein grafts or arterio-venous loops. Post-operative recovery was uneventful in all cases.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, P.O. Box 18097, Riyadh 11415, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Fuad K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Hashem
authors.forename: Mohammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al-Qattan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002342:Carotid Artery, External / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012535:Scalp / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*