MYCOTIC-ANEURYSM IN A FREE-FLAP - CASE-REPORT

Authors
KALAINOV DM GERWIN M GAYLE LB WEILAND AJ
Citation
Dm. Kalainov et al., MYCOTIC-ANEURYSM IN A FREE-FLAP - CASE-REPORT, Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery, 32(2), 1998, pp. 233-236
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
02844311
Volume
32
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
233 - 236
Database
ISI
SICI code
0284-4311(1998)32:2<233:MIAF-C>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
A 41-year-old man developed a 3 x 4 cm wound after corrective osteotom ies of his distal tibia and fibula. The wound was debrided and covered with a free gracilis muscle flap. Seven days after flap transfer, the arterial pedicle ruptured adjacent to the anastomosis. Attempted repa ir of the aneurysm failed and the graft was subsequently debrided. Int raoperative wound cultures grew Pseudomonas and Enterobacter cloacae, which were attributed to formation of the aneurysm.