Successful re-construction of a large tissue defect using a free pre-fabricated flap with purely implanted arterialised venous loop.
Flap pre-fabrication represents an interesting technique in tissue-defect reconstruction. In this article we report the successful clinical application of a free pre-fabricated flap using an isolated arterialised venous loop as an implanted vascular pedicle for reconstruction of an extended soft-tissue defect on the leg, as well as clinical neo-vascularisation development following arterialised venous loop implantation. The procedure appears potentially useful in selected patients due to the easy harvest of an isolated vein loop as well as a favourable functional and aesthetic result at the donor site.
Hoang
Nguyen The
NT
Department of Hand Surgery and Microsurgery and Plastic Surgery, Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Central Hospital 108, Hanoi, Viet Nam. hoangkolpinghaus1@yahoo.com
Staudenmaier
Rainer
R
Hai
Luu Hong
LH
Hai
Le Hong
le H
Doan
Le Van
le V
Hoehnke
Christoph
C
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D018919:Neovascularization, Physiologic; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult