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A perforator flap is a piece of skin and subcutaneous (fatty) tissue that is transferred from one part of the body to another in the same person so called autologous transplantation. In plastic surgery, perforator flaps are often used to reconstruct or to close defects due to trauma, tumor resection, and pressure sores. A transplanted perforator flap relies on its blood supply from one artery a...

BACKGROUND Combined flaps serve a unique niche when significant or multidimensional defects need to be corrected. Perforator flaps have become a new alternative for achieving this same objective. As this latter genre evolves, it is reasonable to also expect the development of combined perforator flaps. METHODS Combined flaps based on perforators, as with any other combined flaps, can be class...

OBJECTIVE Posttumor excision defects can be very large, and many do require postoperative radiotherapy. It is therefore important to provide stable and durable wound coverage to provide ability to withstand radiotherapy as well as providing cover to vital structures. METHODS Between July 2014 and June 2016, eight females and six male patients with defects around the knee were operated upon us...

INTRODUCTION The deep inferior epigastric artery perforator free flap is the gold standard for autologous breast reconstruction. However, using a single vascular pedicle may not yield sufficient tissue in patients with midline scars or insufficient lower abdominal pannus. Double-pedicled free flaps overcome this problem using different vascular arrangements to harvest the entire lower abdominal...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Patterns and mechanisms of stroke in patients with atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery (MCA) disease remain unclear. We sought to identify lesion patterns and stroke mechanisms associated with MCA disease using early diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI). METHODS We reviewed 185 acute ischemic stroke patients who had (1) symptomatic lesions located in the unilateral MCA t...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to investigate the anatomy of the peroneal artery and its perforators, and to report the clinical results of reconstruction with peroneal artery perforator flaps. METHODS The authors dissected 4 cadaver legs and investigated the distribution, course, origin, number, type, and length of the perforators. Peroneal artery perforator flap surgery was performed...

Soft-tissue defects caused by radiation injury are a challenging task for the reconstructive surgeon, due to the extent of the soft-tissue damage and the associated injuries of the local blood vessels and bone tissue. We present the application of the versatile deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap for the coverage of an extended lateral thigh soft-tissue defect after the surgical res...

BACKGROUND Despite the widespread use of free perforator flaps, pedicled perforator flaps seem not to be as widely accepted, probably because of the fear of vascular complications caused by transfer of a flap attached only by its vascular pedicle, prone to shearing, kinking, and trauma. In this article, the authors report on their experience with 85 consecutive cases, focusing on incidence, pre...