Operative treatment of pressure sores in paraplegics by rotation flap
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The perforator-sparing buttock rotation flap for coverage of pressure sores.
BACKGROUND The rotation fasciocutaneous flap for buttock pressure sore coverage has the distinct advantage of allowing rerotation in the event of ulcer recurrence. The authors describe their approach of preserving and incorporating musculocutaneous perforators into the conventional rotation design. METHODS The skin incision is the same as that for the conventional gluteal rotation flap. The f...
متن کاملThe prevention and treatment of pressure sores.
Research questions The review sought to answer two questions.
متن کاملPressure Sores
DESCRIPTION A 31-year-old man with known history of paraplegia presents to clinic with a long-standing wound as shown earlier. The wound is located in the presacral region with intact periosteum, healthy overlying fascia, and no purulence.
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We report the case of a 50-year-old paraplegic man with a complicated grade III/IV ischiatic pressure sore treated with a propeller flap based on the first perforator of the profunda femoris artery. Our aim was to surgically reconstruct an ischiatic pressure sore in a patient with ankylosis using a fasciocutaneous perforator propeller flap obtained from the posterior region of the thigh. Our de...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1976
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1976.4