Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report

Soft tissue reconstruction of the distal lower leg is a challenging issue for plastic surgeons. Immediate coverage of exposed anatomical structures with soft tissue after trauma prevents these structures from being infected, and this is very important for burn patients. Free flaps have recently been...

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Main Authors: Burhan Özalp, Alper Mete Uğurlu, Abdülkadir Calavul, Sinan Taşkan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-06-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
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Online Access:http://turkjplastsurg.org/eng/makale/1049/80/Full-Text
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spelling doaj-3ea72735e216428595dfc1f54a9766252020-11-25T00:59:18ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTurkish Journal of Plastic Surgery2528-86442017-06-0125210711010.5152/TurkJPlastSurg.2017.2084Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case ReportBurhan Özalp0Alper Mete Uğurlu1Abdülkadir Calavul2Sinan Taşkan3Dicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, TürkiyeHaseki Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Bölümü, İstanbul, TürkiyeDicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, TürkiyeDicle Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Plastik ve Rekonstrüktif Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Diyarbakır, TürkiyeSoft tissue reconstruction of the distal lower leg is a challenging issue for plastic surgeons. Immediate coverage of exposed anatomical structures with soft tissue after trauma prevents these structures from being infected, and this is very important for burn patients. Free flaps have recently been accepted as the gold-standard technique for ankle and foot reconstruction; however, this is changing with the increasing popularity of the perforator flaps. Today, perforator flaps are commonly performed for the reconstruction of the soft-tissue defects across the body. In this report, we want to present the reconstruction of a soft-tissue defect case using perforator-based propeller flap in a burn patient for immediate reconstruction. A 45-year-old male patient had a soft-tissue defect over the medial side of the ankle and foot due to a high-voltage electrical burn. The exposed bone tissue was covered with a propeller flap of 15×6 cm size, without any circulation problems during the postoperative period. In conclusion, we want to state that perforator-based propeller flaps are reliable, successful, and effective techniques for the immediate reconstruction of distal leg and foot. These flaps can be easily performed without requiring any microsurgical technique thus, they can be commonly performed by most of the plastic surgeons. http://turkjplastsurg.org/eng/makale/1049/80/Full-TextBurn reconstructionperforator flappropeller flap
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author Burhan Özalp
Alper Mete Uğurlu
Abdülkadir Calavul
Sinan Taşkan
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Alper Mete Uğurlu
Abdülkadir Calavul
Sinan Taşkan
Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
Burn reconstruction
perforator flap
propeller flap
author_facet Burhan Özalp
Alper Mete Uğurlu
Abdülkadir Calavul
Sinan Taşkan
author_sort Burhan Özalp
title Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
title_short Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
title_full Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
title_fullStr Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Immediate Reconstruction of a Soft-Tissue Defect in a Burn Patient whit a Peroforator-Based Propeller Flap: A Case Report
title_sort immediate reconstruction of a soft-tissue defect in a burn patient whit a peroforator-based propeller flap: a case report
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Turkish Journal of Plastic Surgery
issn 2528-8644
publishDate 2017-06-01
description Soft tissue reconstruction of the distal lower leg is a challenging issue for plastic surgeons. Immediate coverage of exposed anatomical structures with soft tissue after trauma prevents these structures from being infected, and this is very important for burn patients. Free flaps have recently been accepted as the gold-standard technique for ankle and foot reconstruction; however, this is changing with the increasing popularity of the perforator flaps. Today, perforator flaps are commonly performed for the reconstruction of the soft-tissue defects across the body. In this report, we want to present the reconstruction of a soft-tissue defect case using perforator-based propeller flap in a burn patient for immediate reconstruction. A 45-year-old male patient had a soft-tissue defect over the medial side of the ankle and foot due to a high-voltage electrical burn. The exposed bone tissue was covered with a propeller flap of 15×6 cm size, without any circulation problems during the postoperative period. In conclusion, we want to state that perforator-based propeller flaps are reliable, successful, and effective techniques for the immediate reconstruction of distal leg and foot. These flaps can be easily performed without requiring any microsurgical technique thus, they can be commonly performed by most of the plastic surgeons.
topic Burn reconstruction
perforator flap
propeller flap
url http://turkjplastsurg.org/eng/makale/1049/80/Full-Text
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