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Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma
Free tissue transfer has become the standard in wound coverage and further refinements have given us newer flap donor sites or modifications of existing flaps to decrease morbidity; smaller vessels are being anastomosed, a direct spin-off following successful distal replantations. Younger children a...
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2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31456611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1688094 |
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description | Free tissue transfer has become the standard in wound coverage and further refinements have given us newer flap donor sites or modifications of existing flaps to decrease morbidity; smaller vessels are being anastomosed, a direct spin-off following successful distal replantations. Younger children are presenting with traumatic defects similar to adults. Although there were apprehensions of free tissue transfer in children occasioned by smaller vessels, duration of procedure and concerns of growth following flap harvest, reports of small and large series have appeared in the literature with similar success. Pediatric-free tissue transfer is now an established entity. This article seeks to arrive at a consensus based on a review of the existing literature on free flaps for skin and soft-tissue coverage of lower limb trauma in children. |
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spelling | pubmed-66648472019-08-27 Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma Srikanth, R. Indian J Plast Surg Free tissue transfer has become the standard in wound coverage and further refinements have given us newer flap donor sites or modifications of existing flaps to decrease morbidity; smaller vessels are being anastomosed, a direct spin-off following successful distal replantations. Younger children are presenting with traumatic defects similar to adults. Although there were apprehensions of free tissue transfer in children occasioned by smaller vessels, duration of procedure and concerns of growth following flap harvest, reports of small and large series have appeared in the literature with similar success. Pediatric-free tissue transfer is now an established entity. This article seeks to arrive at a consensus based on a review of the existing literature on free flaps for skin and soft-tissue coverage of lower limb trauma in children. Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Private Ltd. 2019-01 2019-04-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6664847/ /pubmed/31456611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1688094 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Srikanth, R. Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title | Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title_full | Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title_fullStr | Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title_full_unstemmed | Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title_short | Free Tissue Transfer in Pediatric Lower Limb Trauma |
title_sort | free tissue transfer in pediatric lower limb trauma |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6664847/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31456611 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1688094 |
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