Treatment of compartment syndrome in donor site of free fibula flap after mandibular reconstruction surgery.
Compartment syndrome is a rare donor-site morbidity of the free fibula osteocutaneous flap in mandibular reconstruction. A case is reported where the major complication of compartment syndrome occurred in a 34-year-old man when the donor site defect was closed primarily after taking a skin paddle with a width of 3 cm. Then an anterolateral thigh flap was designed to cover the donor left leg defect.
Sun
Guowen
G
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nanjing University Medical Center, School of Stomatology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China. guowensun@yahoo.com
Yang
Xudong
X
Wen
Jianmin
J
Wang
Aiguo
A
Hu
Qingang
Q
Tang
Enyi
E
D000328:Adult; D000564:Ameloblastoma / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D003161:Compartment Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005360:Fibula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013848:Thigh / Q000601:surgery; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects*