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, cilt.32, ss.587-593, 2016 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 32 Konu: 8
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1055/s-0036-1584171
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF RECONSTRUCTIVE MICROSURGERY
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.587-593

Özet

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.