Sensory assessment of meshed skin grafts over free gracilis muscle flaps without nerve coaptation for lower extremity reconstruction

Tremp, Mathias; Waldkircher, Natascha J; Wang, Wenjin; Oranges, Carlo M; di Summa, Pietro G; Zhang, Yixin; Wang, Wei; Schaefer, Dirk J; Kalbermatten, Daniel

doi:10.5999/aps.2019.00584

Scientific article

English

Sensory assessment of meshed skin grafts over free gracilis muscle flaps without nerve coaptation for lower extremity reconstruction

ContributorsTremp, Mathias; Waldkircher, Natascha J; Wang, Wenjin; Oranges, Carlo M; di Summa, Pietro G; Zhang, Yixin; Wang, Wei; Schaefer, Dirk J; Kalbermatten, Daniel

Published inArchives of plastic surgery, vol. 48, no. 2, p. 224-230

Publication date2021

Abstract

Little is known about the sensate recovery of skin grafts over free non-neurotized muscle flaps. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of free gracilis muscle flaps and meshed skin grafts without nerve coaptation.

Keywords

Muscle flap
Nerve regeneration
Patient outcome assessment
Reconstruction
Sensation

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

Reconstruction chirurgicale et régénération des tissus (1029)

Citation (ISO format)

TREMP, Mathias et al. Sensory assessment of meshed skin grafts over free gracilis muscle flaps without nerve coaptation for lower extremity reconstruction. In: Archives of plastic surgery, 2021, vol. 48, n° 2, p. 224–230. doi: 10.5999/aps.2019.00584

Article (Published version)

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PID : unige:155273
DOI : 10.5999/aps.2019.00584
PMID : 32268659

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8007463/

Journal ISSN2234-6163

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Sensory assessment of meshed skin grafts over free gracilis muscle flaps without nerve coaptation for lower extremity reconstruction

Little is known about the sensate recovery of skin grafts over free non-neurotized muscle flaps. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of free gracilis muscle flaps and meshed skin grafts without nerve coaptation.

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