title: A hybrid therapy for Buerger's disease using distal bypass and a free temporoparietal fascial flap: a case report.
abstract: Buerger's disease presents a difficult challenge, with its uncertain etiology and lack of a standardized therapy, and is often refractory to treatment. In the present report, we have described the case of a 43-year-old male with Buerger's disease, a refractory ulcer on his right great toe, and severe pain at rest. We obtained favorable results using a hybrid therapy that combined distal bypass with a free temporoparietal fascial flap. Postoperatively, the flap healed, and the patient's pain resolved. After more than 3 years of follow-up, he had had no recurrence of the foot ulceration, and the patency of the bypass graft had been confirmed using Doppler flowmetry. We believe that the hybrid therapy we devised for the present patient (ie, combined distal bypass with a free temporoparietal fascial flap) is an effective treatment of Buerger's disease with pedal ulceration. The therapeutic strategies for this condition should not adhere to a single treatment modality; rather, they should combine available treatment modalities according to each individual patient's condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iwasaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. Electronic address: motomura@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Motomura
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Takaharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sakahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Naho
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ayabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000601:surgery*; D006214:Hallux; D006801:Humans; D023821:Limb Salvage; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000098:blood supply
keywords: artery; bypass graft; foot ulcer; microvascular free flap; surgical treatment; vascular disease