Perforator artery based flap debulking: an alternative method.
The postoperative bulky appearance of a musculocutaneous flap constitutes aesthetic problems that could necessitate secondary operations. Three patients who were reconstructed with free musculocutaneous flaps were re-operated at the postoperative sixth month. The fasciocutaneous flaps were elevated based on perforator arteries, and the excess skin, dermal, and adipose tissues were excised. There were no complications in the follow-up. This one-staged, perforator artery based flap debulking is proposed as an efficient and alternative method.
Turgut
Ortak
O
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Muhammed
Uraloglu
U
Cagri
Uysal Ahmet
UA
Omer
Sensoz
S
Erkin
Unlu Ramazan
UR
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004954:Esthetics; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005205:Fascia / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply / Q000637:transplantation*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012086:Reoperation; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology*