Free arterialised venous forearm flaps for limb reconstruction

Arterialised venous flaps are an alternative method to conventional flaps. Arterialised venous flaps include only the venous network and afferent blood comes from the arterial system. Arterialised venous flaps have been mostly used for closure of small defects. We have designed an arterialised venou...

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Published in:British journal of plastic surgery 1996-09, Vol.49 (6), p.396-400
Main Authors: Yilmaz, M., Menderes, A., Karatas¸, O¨., Karaca, C., Barutc¸u, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Angiography
Arm - surgery
Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
Biological and medical sciences
Forearm - blood supply
Forearm Injuries - surgery
Hand Injuries - surgery
Humans
Leg - surgery
Male
Medical sciences
Microsurgery - methods
Orthopedic surgery
Postoperative Period
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgical Flaps - methods
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Summary:Arterialised venous flaps are an alternative method to conventional flaps. Arterialised venous flaps include only the venous network and afferent blood comes from the arterial system. Arterialised venous flaps have been mostly used for closure of small defects. We have designed an arterialised venous flap utilising the venous network of the forearm and applied this flap in 5 patients with various defects in the extremities ranging in size from 6 × 8 cm to 10 × 12 cm. Four flaps totally survived. One flap had 30% partial necrosis. Overall clinical results were successful. The free arterialised venous forearm flap provides large, thin, good quality tissue with less morbidity at the donor site without sacrificing one major artery of the hand and can be an alternative for the conventional radial forearm flap.
ISSN:0007-1226
1465-3087
DOI:10.1016/S0007-1226(96)90009-0