Jejunum/DIEP Composite Flap: A Novel Rat Model of Viscerocutaneous Flap Prefabrication

EKİN Ö., BİTİK O., Aksoyler D., Aliyev A., Abdullazade S., AKSU A. E.

JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY, vol.32, no.8, pp.587-593, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 32 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0036-1584171
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.587-593
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Reconstruction of complex pharyngoesophageal defects presents a major challenge, particularly in soft tissue deficient and previously scarred surgical sites. In recent years, the free jejunum flap method has emerged as a reliable means of esophageal reconstruction. However, it may require cutaneous coverage with an additional flap in extensively scarred, secondary reconstructions. Prefabrication of an intestinal/cutaneous composite flap can potentially solve this problem.