Arteriovenous loops enable free tissue transfer with otherwise inadequate local donor and recipient vessels

Tremp, Mathias; Oranges, Carlo M; Wolff, Thomas; Barandun, Marina; Fulco, Ilario; Eckardt, Henrik; Schaefer, Dirk J; Kalbermatten, Daniel

doi:10.21873/invivo.12071

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Arteriovenous loops enable free tissue transfer with otherwise inadequate local donor and recipient vessels

ContributorsTremp, Mathias; Oranges, Carlo M; Wolff, Thomas; Barandun, Marina; Fulco, Ilario; Eckardt, Henrik; Schaefer, Dirk J; Kalbermatten, Daniel

Published inIn Vivo, vol. 34, no. 5, p. 2543-2548

Publication date2020

Abstract

Free flap reconstruction with damaged or diseased vessels is a challenging problem. We describe our case series using an arteriovenous loop or bypass surgery with free flaps for complex defect reconstructions at the lower extremity and the pelvic region.

Keywords

Limb salvage
Lower extremity
Patient outcome assessment
Perfusion
Reconstructive surgical procedures

Affiliation Not a UNIGE publication

Research group

Reconstruction chirurgicale et régénération des tissus (1029)

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TREMP, Mathias et al. Arteriovenous loops enable free tissue transfer with otherwise inadequate local donor and recipient vessels. In: In Vivo, 2020, vol. 34, n° 5, p. 2543–2548. doi: 10.21873/invivo.12071

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PID : unige:155278
DOI : 10.21873/invivo.12071
PMID : 32871783

Commercial URLhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7652518/

ISSN of the journal0258-851X

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Arteriovenous loops enable free tissue transfer with otherwise inadequate local donor and recipient vessels

Free flap reconstruction with damaged or diseased vessels is a challenging problem. We describe our case series using an arteriovenous loop or bypass surgery with free flaps for complex defect reconstructions at the lower extremity and the pelvic region.

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