Propeller flaps in the closure of free fibula flap donor site skin defects. 2013

Mohit Sharma, and Deepak Balasubramanian, and Krishnakumar Thankappan, and Chandrasekhararao Leelamohan Sampathirao, and Jimmy Mathew, and Sachin Chavre, and Subramania Iyer
Department of Plastic Surgery and Head and Neck Surgery, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India. ammasmohit@gmail.com.

The free fibula is a versatile and commonly used free flap in microvascular reconstruction. It allows for reconstruction of both bone and soft tissue defects. In head and neck reconstruction, the skin paddle harvested along with the flap allows for the reconstruction of skin or oral mucosal defects. After skin paddle harvest, the donor site can be closed primarily or with skin grafts. Grafting the donor area is the common method used. However, this could lead to delayed healing because of the poor graft over the area of peroneal tendons. Propeller flaps have been extensively reported for closure of leg skin defects. We report a series of 10 patients in whom we used a local propeller flap for the closure of the fibula flap skin donor site. The donor defects could be satisfactorily closed without the need of a skin graft in 9 patients. This method is simple, reliable, and suitable for closing small to medium defects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005260 Female Females
D005360 Fibula The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is the most slender of the long bones. Fibulas
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D058752 Free Tissue Flaps A mass of tissue that has been cut away from its surrounding areas to be used in TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION. Free Flaps,Free Tissue Transfer Flaps,Microsurgical Free Flaps,Flap, Free,Flap, Free Tissue,Flap, Microsurgical Free,Flaps, Free,Flaps, Free Tissue,Flaps, Microsurgical Free,Free Flap,Free Flap, Microsurgical,Free Flaps, Microsurgical,Free Tissue Flap,Microsurgical Free Flap,Tissue Flap, Free,Tissue Flaps, Free
D060053 Transplant Donor Site The body location or part from which tissue is taken for TRANSPLANTATION. Donor Site, Transplant,Donor Sites, Transplant,Site, Transplant Donor,Sites, Transplant Donor,Transplant Donor Sites

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