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12968224

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-11
pubmed:abstractText
Free tissue transplantation is nowadays regarded as an established method in reconstructive surgery - even in infants. Adequate diameters of vessels for microsurgical anastomosis have been shown in numerous studies. Especially the latissimus dorsi muscle seems to be ideal as a standard flap in this age group. The main disadvantage of this muscle flap lies in its donor-site morbidity with the risk of scar contracture and limitation of shoulder movement. A possible solution to this problem is the endoscopically-assisted harvest of this muscle. A three-year old boy sustained a subtotal amputation of his right heel with consecutive necrosis of soft-tissue. After debridement, a latissimus dorsi-muscle flap was transplanted to cover the defect. The flap was harvested endoscopically-assisted through a single, 2 cm long incision in the left axilla. Healing of the flap was uneventful. At 30 months follow-up the patient showed stable conditions at the right heel without limitations of movement and a hardly visible scar in the left axilla without any noticable growing impairment. Free microvascular muscle-flaps are the treatment of choice in infants with extensive traumatic defects. With the use of minimally invasive operation techniques it is possible to significantly reduce donor-site morbidity and increase therapeutic success even in the youngest patients.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0722-1819
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
[Endoscopically-assisted latissimus dorsi muscle harvest in a young child].
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Innsbruck, Osterreich. thomas.schoeller@uibk.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports