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Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation

PURPOSE: Elevation of the sural artery flap with the sural nerve is associated with donor-site morbidities, such as postoperative sensory disturbance of the lower extremity. We evaluated the sensory disturbance of the lower extremity after elevation of the sural artery flap. METHODS: This study incl...

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Autores principales: Tada, Kaoru, Suganuma, Seigo, Nakada, Mika, Matsuta, Masashi, Murai, Atsuro, Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7896868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8886063
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author Tada, Kaoru
Suganuma, Seigo
Nakada, Mika
Matsuta, Masashi
Murai, Atsuro
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki
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Suganuma, Seigo
Nakada, Mika
Matsuta, Masashi
Murai, Atsuro
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki
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description PURPOSE: Elevation of the sural artery flap with the sural nerve is associated with donor-site morbidities, such as postoperative sensory disturbance of the lower extremity. We evaluated the sensory disturbance of the lower extremity after elevation of the sural artery flap. METHODS: This study included 7 patients who underwent surgery using the sural artery flap. The sensory disturbances immediately after surgery and at present were evaluated on a 10-point scale. The influences of surgery on activities of daily living and patient satisfaction were also evaluated. RESULTS: The sensory disturbance was 4.48 immediately after surgery and 2.24 presently, and the difference between the timepoints was not statistically significant. The influence of surgery on activities of daily living was 2.30, and the patient satisfaction was 7.90. CONCLUSION: It may be necessary to consider the sural artery flap, which does not include the sural nerve, to avoid unnecessary complications. When it is unavoidable to use the sural artery flap, including the sural nerve, it is important to thoroughly inform patients beforehand about the postsurgery sensory disturbance in the lower extremities.
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spelling pubmed-78968682021-02-23 Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation Tada, Kaoru Suganuma, Seigo Nakada, Mika Matsuta, Masashi Murai, Atsuro Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki Adv Orthop Research Article PURPOSE: Elevation of the sural artery flap with the sural nerve is associated with donor-site morbidities, such as postoperative sensory disturbance of the lower extremity. We evaluated the sensory disturbance of the lower extremity after elevation of the sural artery flap. METHODS: This study included 7 patients who underwent surgery using the sural artery flap. The sensory disturbances immediately after surgery and at present were evaluated on a 10-point scale. The influences of surgery on activities of daily living and patient satisfaction were also evaluated. RESULTS: The sensory disturbance was 4.48 immediately after surgery and 2.24 presently, and the difference between the timepoints was not statistically significant. The influence of surgery on activities of daily living was 2.30, and the patient satisfaction was 7.90. CONCLUSION: It may be necessary to consider the sural artery flap, which does not include the sural nerve, to avoid unnecessary complications. When it is unavoidable to use the sural artery flap, including the sural nerve, it is important to thoroughly inform patients beforehand about the postsurgery sensory disturbance in the lower extremities. Hindawi 2021-02-13 /pmc/articles/PMC7896868/ /pubmed/33628514 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8886063 Text en Copyright © 2021 Kaoru Tada et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tada, Kaoru
Suganuma, Seigo
Nakada, Mika
Matsuta, Masashi
Murai, Atsuro
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki
Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title_full Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title_fullStr Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title_full_unstemmed Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title_short Sensory Disturbance of the Lower Extremity after Sural Artery Flap Elevation
title_sort sensory disturbance of the lower extremity after sural artery flap elevation
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7896868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33628514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8886063
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