Transfer of a free lateral thoracic flap in a child
| Autor: | Guillermo Fossati, Aldo Roncagliolo, Alberto Irigaray |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
| Předmět: |
Male
medicine.medical_specialty Leg business.industry Foot Muscles Infant Newborn Infant Osteomyelitis Anatomy Skin Transplantation Transplantation Autologous Surgery Clubfoot Postoperative Complications Child Preschool Axilla medicine Humans Surgery Plastic business Child Vascular Surgical Procedures Skin |
| Zdroj: | Plastic and reconstructive surgery. 64(2) |
| ISSN: | 0032-1052 |
| Popis: | We believe the axillary (lateral thoracic) flap should be one of the free flaps of choice in children, because it has vessels of 1.5 mm or more in diameter--thus making it possible for the donor and recipient vessels to be approximately the same diameters. This makes the suturing easier and helps to ensure a good result. The patency rate increases as the diameter of the vessels to be anastomosed increases. We present a successful case in which this flap was used in an 8-year-old boy. |
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