USE OF A RECTUS-ABDOMINIS OSTEOMYOCUTANEOUS DOUBLE ISLAND FLAP BASED ON INTERNAL MAMMARY VESSELS

Citation
Ja. Arons et B. Guyuron, USE OF A RECTUS-ABDOMINIS OSTEOMYOCUTANEOUS DOUBLE ISLAND FLAP BASED ON INTERNAL MAMMARY VESSELS, British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 48(3), 1995, pp. 145-149
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00071226
Volume
48
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
145 - 149
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1226(1995)48:3<145:UOAROD>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A very rare condition of osteoma cutis was presented by a patient who required an unusual solution to an unusual problem, Multiple surgical procedures were performed during the treatment of the disease, thereby prohibiting the use of more common regional or distant flaps to achie ve successful mandibular reconstruction. Microvascular tissue transfer was also not feasible because of two previously-failed free flaps and an operative field that was densely fibrotic. A pedicled rectus abdom inis myocutaneous flap with incorporated vascularized rib graft is des cribed as a last resort approach for simultaneous reconstruction of th e mandible and oral soft tissue.