title: Lower limb salvage in a 7-month-old infant using free tissue transfer.
abstract: Free flap reconstruction in infants is extremely rare. A seven-and-a-half-month-old male infant sustained an extensive soft tissue defect on his left knee caused by extravasation of an intraosseous arterenol infusion. A free latissimus dorsi flap was successfully performed for soft tissue reconstruction. Indications, advantages, and outcome of the procedure are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital of the Barmherzigen Brüder, Teaching Hospital of the Medical University Salzburg, Kajetanerplatz 1, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Gottfried
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wechselberger
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Radauer
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schimpl
authors.forename: Hassan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kholosy
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ensat
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Edelbauer
authors.forename: Michaela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hladik
mesh_terms: D058752:Free Tissue Flaps; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods*; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000009:adverse effects; D017695:Soft Tissue Injuries / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D009638:Norepinephrine