Treatment of tibial defects with important soft tissue involvement after bilateral lower limb trauma are challenging for both orthopedic and plastic surgeons. Several therapeutic options are described in armamentarium of reconstructive surgeons such as bone grafts, bone substitutes, distractions osteogenesis, limb prosthesis, free flaps, negative pressure therapy and unfortunately amputation. We describe a patient with tibial and soft tissue defect reconstructed using a chimeric flap composed of latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior muscle and two ribs. At the 1-year follow-up the patient is able to walk with a walker and is still enrolled in rehabilitation program.
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J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg
January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, Beijing, PR China. Electronic address:
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate a chimeric flap comprising a nasolabial flap and a buccal artery myomucosal flap used to reconstruct a large defect of the lower lip.
Materials And Methods: From November 2019 to August 2022, seven patients with lower lip carcinoma underwent radical resection and reconstruction. A chimeric flap comprising a nasolabial flap and a buccal artery myomucosal flap was used to reconstruct the large defect of the lower lip.
Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open
January 2025
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
When squamous cell carcinoma necessitates mandibular resection, the resultant defect can be complex. An osteocutaneous fibula free flap is an effective reconstruction option, typically supplied by the peroneal artery for both the fibula and skin flap. In this case report, an anatomical variation was found: the skin paddle was supplied by soleus musculocutaneous perforators of the posterior tibial artery, whereas the fibula was supplied by the peroneal artery.
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January 2025
Department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, The Bethune Hospital/School of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Background: The vascularized free fibular flap is increasingly recognized as the standard technique for the repair of complex soft tissue and hard tissue defects in oral and maxillofacial surgery. Conventionally, the vascular supply to the skin island is derived from the distal perforators of the peroneal artery. However, complications may arise if these distal perforators are either absent or damaged during surgical procedures, highlighting the necessity to employ the proximal peroneal perforators as an alternative.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Hand Microsurg
March 2025
Operative Research Unit of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy.
Introduction: Soft-tissue sarcomas arising in the thigh may require total or subtotal compartmentectomy, with subsequent need for functional reconstruction with free functional muscle transfer (FFMT). We present our series, describing a new approach with chimeric propeller antero-lateral thigh-vastus lateralis (ALT-VL) free flap, which allows for independent muscle inset and soft tissue defect resurfacing.
Patient And Methods: A retrospective review of a prospectively maintained database was performed, analyzing all patients referred to Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy, between 2018 and 2023 for soft-tissue sarcomas of the thigh requiring wide excision and reconstruction with functional ALT-VL.
Microsurgery
January 2025
Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Introduction: Reconstruction for various regions of the foot and ankle in pediatric patients remains a challenging topic. This study presents the circumflex scapular artery perforator (CSAP) flap and its surgical refinements for addressing soft tissue defects in various regions of the foot and ankle in pediatrics.
Patients And Methods: Forty-seven patients underwent CSAP flap and its surgical refinements for the reconstruction of foot and ankle defects from 2010 to 2022.
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