Two easy and simple modifications when using a distally based sural flap to reduce the risk of venous congestion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 683-684

  Dragu, Adrian ^a   Bach, Alexander D ^a   Kneser, Ulrich ^a   Horch, Raymund E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CADAVER; ECHOGRAPHY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; ISLAND FLAP; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; VEIN PERFORATION; VENOUS CONGESTION;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; LEG; MICROSURGERY; RISK FACTORS; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 67649120359     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e31817d664f     Document Type: Letter

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1. Loonen, M. P., Kon, M., Schuurman, A. H., et al. Venous bypass drainage of the small saphenous vein in the neurovas-cular pedicle of the sural flap: Anatomical study and clinical implications. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 120: 1898, 2007.
2. Kneser, U., Bach, A. D., Polykandriotis, E., et al. Delayed reverse sural flap for staged reconstruction of the foot and lower leg. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 116: 1910, 2005.
3. Bach, A. D., Leffler, M., Kneser, U., et al. The versatility of the distally based peroneus brevis muscle flap in reconstructive surgery of the foot and lower leg. Ann. Plast. Surg. 58: 397, 2007.