Free flap reconstruction of foot and ankle defects in pediatric patients: Long-term outcome in 91 cases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2478-2487

  Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b   Mardini, Samir ^a   Wei, Fu Chan ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^a   Chen, Chien Tzung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOCUTANEOUS FLAP; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; PEDIATRICS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TROPHIC ULCER; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; INFANT; INNERVATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANKLE INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOT INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745380513     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000219133.72059.71     Document Type: Review

References (24)

1. Dawson, R. L. G. Complications of the cross-leg flap operation. Proc. R. Soc. Med. 65: 629, 1972.
2. Hudson, D. A., and Millar, K. The cross-leg flap: Still a useful flap in children. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 45: 146, 1992.
3. Mooney, J. F., III, DeFranzo, A., and Marks, M. W. Use of cross-extremity flaps stabilized with external fixation in severe pediatric foot and ankle trauma: An alternative to free tissue transfer. J. Pediatr. Orthop. 18: 26, 1998.
4. Serletti, J. M., Schingo, V. A., Deuber, M. A., et al. Free tissue transfer in pediatric patients. Ann. Plast. Surg. 36: 561, 1996.
5. Parry, S. W., Toth, B. A., and Elliot, L. F. Microvascular free-tissue transfer in children. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 81: 838, 1988.
6. Arnez, Z. M., and Hanel, D. P. Free tissue transfer for reconstruction of traumatic limb injuries in children. Microsurgery 12: 207, 1991.
7. Horowitz, J. H., Nichter, L. S., and Kenney, J. G. Lawn mower injuries in children: Lower extremity reconstruction. J. Trauma 25: 1138, 1985.
8. Shenaq, A. M., and Dinh, T. A. Pediatric microsurgery: Replantation, revascularization, and obstetric plexus palsy. Clin. Plast. Surg. 17: 77, 1990.
9. Canales, F., Lineaweaver, W. C., Furnas, H., et al. Microvascular tissue transfer in pediatric patients: Analysis of 106 cases. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 44: 423, 1991.
10. Devaraj, V. S., Kay, S. P., Batchelor, A. G., et al. Microvascular surgery in children. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 44: 276, 1991.
11. Moghari, A., Emami, A., Sheen, R., et al. Lower limb reconstruction in children using expanded free flaps. Br. J. Plast. Surg. 42: 649, 1989.
12. Mast, B. A., and Newton, E. D. Aggressive use of free flaps in children for burn scar contractures and other soft-tissue deficits. Ann. Plast. Surg. 36: 569, 1996.
13. Khouri, R. K., Cooley, B. C., Kunselman, A. R., et al. A prospective study of microvascular free-flap surgery and outcome. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 102: 711, 1998.
14. Wei, F. C., Jain, V., Suominen, S., et al. Confusion among perforator flaps: What is a true perforator flap? Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 107: 874, 2001.
15. Wei, F. C., Jain, V., Celik, N., et al. Have we found an ideal soft tissue flap? An experience of 672 anterolateral thigh flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 109: 2219, 2002.
16. Celik, N., Wei, F. C., Lin, C. H., et al. Technique and strategy in anterolateral thigh perforator flap surgery, based on an analysis of 15 complete and partial failures in 439 cases. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 109: 2211, 2002.
17. Noever, G., Bruser, P., and Kohler, L. Reconstruction of heel and sole defects by free flaps. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 78: 345, 1986.
18. Meland, N. B. Microsurgical reconstruction: The weightbearing surface of the foot. Microsurgery 11: 54, 1990.
19. Ferreira, M. C., Besteiro, J. M., Monteiro, A. A., et al. Reconstruction of the foot with microvascular free flaps. Microsurgery 15: 33, 1994.
20. May, J. W., and Rohrich, R. J. Foot reconstruction using free microvascular muscle flaps with skin grafts. Clin. Plast. Surg. 13: 681, 1986.
21. Harris, P. G., Letrosne, E., Caouette-Laberge, P., et al. Long-term follow-up of coverage of weight bearing surface of the foot with muscle flap in a pediatric population. Microsurgery 15: 424, 1994.
22. Wei, F. C., Chen, H. C., Chuang, C. C., et al. Reconstruction of Achilles tendon and calcaneus defects with skin-aponeurosis-bone composite free tissue transfer from the groin region. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 81: 579, 1988.
23. Cheng, S. F., Wei, F. C., and Noordhoff, M. S. The composite groin fascial free flap. Ann. Plast. Surg. 35: 595, 1995.
24. Hahn, S. B., Lee, J. W., and Jeong, J. H. Tendon transfer with a microvascular free flap for injured feet in children. J. Bone Joint Surg. (Br.) 80: 86, 1998.