| Analysis of 13 cases with gastroepiploic vessels used as grafts. | |
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PMID: 18798143 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Free flaps are used increasingly in reconstructive surgery. However, many patients lack a satisfactory recipient vessel near the defect because of radiotherapy, post-traumatic infection, or treatment for recurrent tumor. We usually use a venous graft in such cases, but when both long arterial and venous segments are needed, we use the gastroepiploic vessels because they include extensive, viable arterial and venous segments. Between 1998 and 2006, we used gastroepiploic vessels as grafts in the 13 cases analyzed here. All defects lacked satisfactory recipient vessels nearby. Patients included 10 men and 3 women; mean age was 51.2 years (range, 14 to 82 years). Demographic and clinical background, results, and complications were analyzed retrospectively. Mean length of gastroepiploic vessels was 13.3 cm (range, 10 to 17 cm). All outcomes were satisfactory. A complication, abdominal wound infection secondary to harvesting of the gastroepiploic vessels, occurred in one case. Although the number of gastroepiploic vessels used as grafts analyzed here is relatively small, this experience confirms their clinical usefulness. |
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Authors:
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Yuzuru Kamei; Kazuhiro Toriyama; Shunjiro Yagi; Keisuke Takanari; Shuhei Torii |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2008-09-16 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of reconstructive microsurgery Volume: 24 ISSN: 0743-684X ISO Abbreviation: J Reconstr Microsurg Publication Date: 2008 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-10-21 Completed Date: 2009-01-27 Revised Date: 2011-02-16 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8502670 Medline TA: J Reconstr Microsurg Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 515-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. joe@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Anastomosis, Surgical / methods Female Gastroepiploic Artery / transplantation* Humans Male Middle Aged Omentum / blood supply Surgical Flaps / blood supply* Young Adult |
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