Anterolateral thigh flap harvested from paralytic lower extremity in a patient with late polio sequel

Valentini, Valentino; Terenzi, Valentina; Cassoni, Andrea; Battisti, Andrea; Monaca, Marco Della; Malavasi, Roberto

doi:10.1016/j.jcms.2011.01.005

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“…Regarding preoperative examination, Valentini et al stated that vascular Doppler (pencil Doppler probe) alone is enough and no special examination is required [8]. In our facility, pencil Doppler and echo are routine examinations; in this case, echo was used as a preoperative test in addition to Doppler.…”

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confidence: 92%

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Free Flap Harvesting from Paralytic Lower Limb in GNE Myopathy: a Case Report

Oshima

Sasaki

et al. 2020

SN Compr. Clin. Med.

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GNE myopathy is a rare disease, and there are no case reports of treatment for GNE myopathy with comorbid head and neck cancer. In the case presented here, we performed reconstruction using a free flap for patient with tongue cancer and comorbid GNE myopathy. Preservation of normal trunk and upper limb function via flap transplantation from a paralytic lower limb is a reasonable proposition. Several cases of harvesting flaps from polio infection-related paralytic limbs have been reported, and we observed similar findings to those reports in our case. With careful attention to the fibrosis of the connective tissue, harvesting flaps from paralytic limbs is a viable option and can be used safely.

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confidence: 92%

“…Therefore, we referred to reports of flap harvesting from neurogenic paralysis limb resulting from polio for which there have been 5 papers reported since 2006. These reports included 5 anterolateral thigh flaps and 4 posterior tibial artery (PTA) flaps [6][7][8][9][10].…”

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confidence: 99%

Free Flap Harvesting from Paralytic Lower Limb in GNE Myopathy: a Case Report

Oshima

Sasaki

et al. 2020

SN Compr. Clin. Med.

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“…Three cases of head and neck defect reconstruction using free ALT flaps that were harvested from paralytic limbs have been described. [3,5,6] In each case, the perforators and vascular pedicles were of normal size. However, in both our cases involving harvesting an ALT flap from a paralytic limb, the diameter of the pedicle was decreased.…”

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confidence: 97%