Revascularisation by ingrowth of a free flap: fact or fiction?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Revascularisation of a critically ischaemic extremity by means of a free flap occurs through the development of vascular connections at the free flap-surrounding tissue interface. Three clinical cases are presented showing that in the particular situation of free tissue reconstruction of an ischaemic limb, vascular connections develop which are able at least partially to supply the free flap after occlusion of its arterial pedicle. One other case demonstrates similar vascular connections by angiography.
Medical subject headings
- Foot
- Neovascularization, Physiologic
- Surgical Flaps