Two sequential free flaps for coverage of a total knee implant

Knee revision arthroplasty following peri-prosthetic joint infections is a formidable challenge. Patients are at a high risk of recurrent infection, and the soft tissue over the revised implant is often of questionable quality. Flap reconstruction has improved the salvage rates of infected arthropla...

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Autores principales: Ng, Siew Weng, Fong, Hui Chai, Tan, Bien-Keem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29788680
http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2017.00899
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description Knee revision arthroplasty following peri-prosthetic joint infections is a formidable challenge. Patients are at a high risk of recurrent infection, and the soft tissue over the revised implant is often of questionable quality. Flap reconstruction has improved the salvage rates of infected arthroplasties, and should be considered in all cases of revision arthroplasty. We present a challenging case requiring staged reconstruction with two free latissimus dorsi flaps after the initial use of a medial gastrocnemius flap.
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spelling pubmed-59683142018-05-31 Two sequential free flaps for coverage of a total knee implant Ng, Siew Weng Fong, Hui Chai Tan, Bien-Keem Arch Plast Surg Case Report Knee revision arthroplasty following peri-prosthetic joint infections is a formidable challenge. Patients are at a high risk of recurrent infection, and the soft tissue over the revised implant is often of questionable quality. Flap reconstruction has improved the salvage rates of infected arthroplasties, and should be considered in all cases of revision arthroplasty. We present a challenging case requiring staged reconstruction with two free latissimus dorsi flaps after the initial use of a medial gastrocnemius flap. Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2018-05 2018-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5968314/ /pubmed/29788680 http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2017.00899 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29788680
http://dx.doi.org/10.5999/aps.2017.00899
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