title: Perforator artery based flap debulking: an alternative method.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ortak
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Uraloglu
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Muhammed
authors.forename: Uysal Ahmet
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Cagri
authors.forename: Sensoz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omer
authors.forename: Unlu Ramazan
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Erkin
mesh_terms: 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*