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Factors Associated with Length of Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Lower extremity free flap reconstruction (LE-FFR) is essential for significant soft-tissue defects, but prolonged hospital stays can negatively impact patients and health care systems. This study aimed to identify factors assoc…
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Orthoplastic Limb Salvage Centers: A Survey to Determine Essential Components and Framework for Implementation.
Management of patients with limb-threatening pathology represents a clinical challenge. Orthoplastic limb salvage centers have been developed to streamline care and improve patient outcomes for complex extremity pathology. However, no forma…
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Outcomes of Complex Wound Reconstruction in High-Risk Patients Using Decellularized Extracellular Matrix from Porcine Urinary Bladder.
[BACKGROUND] The treatment of complex wounds remains a challenging aspect of reconstructive surgery, given their diverse nature and the frequent need for high-level surgical procedures. Standard treatment with flap coverage can achieve many…
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Sequential Free Flaps in Lower Extremity Reconstruction.
[INTRODUCTION] Sequential free flaps are often utilized for complex defects, particularly for recurrent head and neck tumors. However, their application in lower extremity (LE) reconstruction following trauma or oncology is less common. Thi…
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Technical Variables in Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Lower extremity free flap failure rates are higher than in other areas of the body. While prior studies assessed the effect of intraoperative technical variables, these generally investigated individual variables and did not e…
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Preoperative Vascular Imaging in Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction: Comparison Between Imaging Modalities.
[BACKGROUND] Adequate vascular anatomy and perfusion status are essential for successful lower extremity free tissue transfer. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is widely available, minimally invasive, and enables visualization of soft …
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Chemoprophylaxis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism in Microvascular Surgery.
This review aims to highlight the common pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions utilized for thromboprophylaxis as well as flap salvage in microsurgery. A literature review was conducted in PubMed/National Center for Biotechno…
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Secondary amputation after lower extremity free-flap reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Microsurgical free-tissue transfer is often the definitive reconstructive option for lower extremity limb salvage. Despite an initial successful free-flap reconstruction, some patients ultimately undergo lower extremity amputat…
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Secondary Surgery after Lower Extremity Free Flap Reconstruction.
[BACKGROUND] Microsurgical free tissue transfer may be the only reconstructive option for lower extremity limb salvage. However, the functional and aesthetic results following free tissue transfer after initial salvage may be suboptimal, th…
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Current trends in vaginal labioplasty: a survey of plastic surgeons.
[BACKGROUND] Labioplasty serves to resolve an anatomic variation that results in aesthetic and functional difficulties for many women. To date, little effort has been made to compare the efficacy or prevalence of various techniques, and fur…
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Simultaneous scarless contralateral breast augmentation during unilateral breast reconstruction using bilateral differentially split DIEP flaps.
[BACKGROUND] : Simultaneous contralateral augmentation is performed with unilateral breast reconstruction to achieve pleasing and symmetric breast mounds. This prospective study investigated the outcome of simultaneous scarless contralatera…