Arterialized venous flaps: a review of the literature.
The arterialized venous flaps are highly regarded in microsurgical and reconstructive surgeries based on advantages of ease of design and harvest without the need to perform deep dissection, no sacrifice of a major artery at the donor site, no limitation of the donor sites, and less donor-site morbidity. Many experimental investigations and clinical applications have been reported. However, their survivals are still inconsistent, and survival mechanisms remain controversial. In this review, we update the existing problems, experimental studies for survival mechanisms, clinical practices, and methods developed to improve their survivals.
Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, USA. yanhede@hotmail.com
Hede
H
Yan
Darrell
D
Brooks
Raven
R
Ladner
William D
WD
Jackson
Weiyang
W
Gao
Michael F
MF
Angel
D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D058752:Free Tissue Flaps / Q000098:blood supply*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery; D023421:Models, Animal; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D015626:Tissue Expansion