| Title | Microdissection thinning of a pedicled deep inferior epigastric perforator flap for burn scar contracture of the groin: case report. | | Author(s) | Eo S, Kim D, Jones NF | | Institution | Department of Plastic Surgery, Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. | | Source | J Reconstr Microsurg 2005 Oct; 21(7):447-50; discussion 451-2. | | MeSH | Adult
Burns
Cicatrix
Contracture
Dissection
Female
Groin
Humans
Microsurgery
Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
Surgical Flaps
| | Abstract | A severe burn scar contracture of the groin in a 25-year-old woman was successfully reconstructed with microdissection and thinning of a pedicled deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap. This perforator flap is a relatively thin cutaneous flap, but may still require secondary defatting procedures, especially when used for coverage of mobile anatomic areas such as the groin and axilla. A deep inferior epigastric perforator flap was radically thinned by excising the subcutaneous fatty layer very carefully under loupe magnification, to preserve the subdermal vascular plexus. One year after surgery, the patient can abduct and rotate the hip freely without limitation. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16254809 |
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