scholarly journals 500 Tetraminos Flap

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Schrire ◽  
A Din ◽  
U Khan

Abstract 30 year old male, who had been hit at 90mph whilst on a motorbike sustaining femoral, tibial and right foot open fractures. He underwent an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) of his right lateral femoral condyle, a right retrograde femoral nail, and ORIF of the tibia. He had 2 separate free flaps (a chimera scapular/parascapular and antero-lateral thigh-ALT) to his right lower leg, and split skin grafting to the remainder of the right lower limb. Upon regular post-operative review it was found that whilst healed the limb was showing a poor return of function and a major contributor was the lack of motion of the right knee joint. Patient had an excision of the split skin graft, with a quadriceps plasty, where the myofascial planes were released, and the contractures incised, with a chimeric scapular and parascapular free flap onto the defect. This resulted in coverage of large soft tissue defect with no need to skin graft donor sites and no functional implication of muscle harvest. Tetraminos in appearance, like the popular computer game, which has never before been described, compared with normal coverage, which would be latissimus dorsi free flap and graft.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1637
Author(s):  
Manoj Prabakar Ravichandran ◽  
Subrammaniyan Rathinavelpandian ◽  
Marunraj Gnanasekaran ◽  
Saravanan Balachandran

Peripheral arterial disease is one of the commonest causes for a limb being amputated most often, we present this case of medium vessel vasculitis with chronic threatening limb ischemia to make a note of our attempt to save her limb by multiple modalities which included medical management with steroids, immunosuppressants, pulsed cyclophosphamide, interventional radiological procedure of catheter directed thrombolysis with urokinase, surgical procedures like bypass, split skin grafting and minor amputations, implemented novel modalities like hyperbaric oxygen therapy. By exploring the armamentarium available, involving a multidisciplinary team which included vascular surgeon, rheumatologist, intervention radiologist, plastic surgeon, physiotherapist and aptly using the right modality at the right time we were able to ultimately achieve our goal of limb salvage.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Afzal ◽  
Javaid Iqbal ◽  
Muhammad Sajid ◽  
Muhammad Rehman Gulzar ◽  
Mustehsan Bashir

Study Design: It is a prospective analytical study. Place and durations: Subjects & methods: 43 patients admitted during JAN 2001 to DEC 2002 who presented with severe functional (25 patients) of cosmetic impairment (27 patients). We selected 4 different options to manage the patients. (1) Release of/or excision + thigh grafts (2) Release of/or excision + wolfm (3)Thick therish + local flap (4) Musculocutaneous flap. Results: Out of 43 patients 27 were females and 16 were male and the age varies from 4-45 years. Out of 28 patients a (1) 25 given satisfactory and excellent results, and 5 out of Six patients a (2) and 4 out of 5 with (3) gave excellent results. To evaluate the outcome of different options for the management of PBNC we are presenting our 2 years experience of PBNC Neck in 43 patients from January 2001 to December 2002 who were admitted through surgical outdoor of Teaching Hospitals of PMC, Faisalabad. In our set up most of the patients presented with severe functional (25 patients) and cosmetic impairments (27 patients out of 43) because of late presentation, delayed treatment, poverty and lack of proper medical facilities. We selected 4 different options to manage these patients accordingly i.e. (1) release or and excision of contracture and thick split skin graft, (2) release or and excision of contracture and full thickness skin graft, (3) thick split skin graft and local flap, (4) musculocutaneous flap, giving satisfactory to excellent results in 25 out of 28 patients, 5 out of 6 patients and 4 out of 5 patients respectively. Thick split skin grafting after release or/and excision of contracture with strict advice of wearing cervical neck collar remained our mainstay of treatment because it was one of the best practical options to deal with severe PBC Neck while other options being reserved for difficult and recurrent cases. Conclusion: Thick split skin grafting is an easy, cost effective, reliable and compliant to the patient. Furthermore thick split skin grafting is a simple procedure whi ch may be carried out by any general surgeon with reserve for referred for the difficult cases.


Author(s):  
I. V. Pavlenko ◽  
V. V. Beschastnov ◽  
M. G. Ryabkov

Objective. Development of a new method for preparing an skin graft to hypoxia conditions in a recipient wound by tissue stretching of the donor site.Materials and methods. Scientific hypothesis: dosed tissue stretching and localized circulatory compensated hypoxia resulting in this increase the concentration of cytokine HIF-1α in the area of distracted skin graft. The experiment was performed on 18 white outbred male rats. The level of local circulatory compensated hypoxia was monitored by using laser Doppler flowmetry. An enzyme immunoassay was used to determine the concentration of cytokine HIF-1α in tissue. In the clinical stage of the study, the results of treatment in 9 patients – main group (split-skin grafting developed by the original method) were compared with the results of treatment in 10 patients – control group, who underwent plastic closure according to the traditional method.Results.The experiment revealed a statistically significant difference between the concentration of cytokine HIF-1α in the intact and disractablegraft, which was confirmed by the results of a clinical study.In the group where split-skin grafting was performed according to the traditional method (control group), the graft engraftment area was (Me [Q1; Q3]) 71.0 [65; 78] %, in the main group – (Me [Q1; Q3]) 87.0 [79; 95] % (p = 0.0003).Conclusion. It is advisable to use a compensated reduction of microcirculation in a tissue subjected to dosed tissue stretching to train split-skin graft for hypoxia conditions.


Author(s):  
Catherine M Legemate ◽  
Ymke Lucas ◽  
Irma M M H Oen ◽  
Cornelis H Van Der Vlies

Abstract Split-thickness skin grafting remains a fundamental treatment for patients with deep burns and other traumatic injuries. Unfortunately, the donor site wound that remains after split skin graft (SSG) harvesting may also cause problems for the patient; they can lead to discomfort and scars with a poor cosmetic outcome. Regrafting of the donor site is one of the methods described to improve donor site healing and scarring. In this report, we describe a case of a 26-year-old woman with a self-inflicted chemical burn (0.5% TBSA) who underwent split skin grafting. During surgery, only part of the donor site was regrafted with split skin graft remnants. This part healed faster and had a better scar quality at 3 months postsurgery. Nevertheless, the appearance and patients’ opinion on the regrafted part deteriorated after 12 months. With this case report, we aim to create awareness of the long-term consequences of regrafting, which may differ from short-time results. Patients expected to have poor reepithelialization potential may benefit from regrafting of the SSG on the donor site. But in healthy young individuals, timewise there would be no benefit since it can lead to an aesthetically displeasing result.


2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (185) ◽  
Author(s):  
S K Das ◽  
N Banerjee ◽  
S Khaskil ◽  
S S Mukherjee

Pyoderma gangrenosum is an uncommon ulcerative cutaneous neutrophilic dermatosis. In about 50 percent of cases, it is associated with systemic diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythromatosus, hematological diseases and various malignancies. There is no specific laboratory finding or histological features pathognomonic of pyoderma gangrenosum and it is often a diagnosis of exclusion. Here, we report an elderly female without history of any systemic disorders, presenting to us with extensive, bilaterally symmetrical, deep leg ulcers along with multiple superficial ulcers involving the right groin which was diagnosed as pyoderma gangrenosum. The only positive rheumatologic marker was serum anti-cyclic cittrulinated peptide2 antibody, which was found to be strongly positive. Dramatic response to systemic corticosteroid followed by successful split skin grafting was observed in our patient. Keywords: Anti cyclic cittrulinated peptide2, pyoderma gangrenosum, symmetric leg ulcer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 2513826X2110084
Author(s):  
Weston Thomas ◽  
Kevin Rezzadeh ◽  
Kristie Rossi ◽  
Ajul Shah

Introduction: Skin graft reconstruction is a common method of providing wound coverage. Rarely, skin grafting can be associated with the development of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the graft donor site. Case Report: The patient is a 72-year old male with a 15-year history of bilateral hip wounds. He underwent a multitude of treatments previously with failed reconstructive efforts. After presenting to us, he underwent multiple debridements and eventual skin grafting. Within 4 weeks of the final skin graft, a mass developed at the skin graft donor site at the right thigh. Excisional biopsy returned a well differentiated keratinizing SCC. Discussion/Conclusion: This case demonstrates the acute presentation of SCC in a patient following a skin graft without known risk factors. The purpose of this unique case report is to highlight a very rare occurrence of SCC at a skin graft donor site.


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